#hmmm.. I wonder where phoenix is going..

[sunnytheclodsdire]

Chapter 1- A storm at sea (Words: 1927)

There was a huge storm surging outside. And a fluffy hybrid torchic was feeling very uneasy about the water slowly filling up his home in the sharpedo bluff. He’d already moved all his things from around the ever growing puddle. He was on his wooden table at this point. Not exactly sure what to do in this situation. ”Oh boy.. What do I do now?” He had already put something there to absorb some of the water but it wasn’t really working as well as he had hoped. And just by luck, he didn’t have a drought orb on hand. Though, he doubted it would work anyways since, his home wasn’t a mystery dungeon. Well, not anymore at least.. He willed himself to hop off the table he was on. He stared at the puddle on the floor, approached it, and used the move, overheat. The water evaporated almost instantly. But it was a temporary fix. He looked out the eye (window?) and saw just how hard the rain was battering everything in its path. “Oh no…the town might be in a bit of a pickle tomorrow..” He scurried over to his cabinet and grabbed some more towels, the water was making a mess again. He placed it all around the soaking area and added another set just outside of the first layer. “That should hold for a little bit.. At least until the morning when I can ask Ms. Kanga or someone at the guild to help me..” He shivered uncomfortably at the thought of walking to the guild. The town already didn’t really accept him, they said it was because he was “from the wilds.” Whatever that means. He knew that Mr. Kanga already had a kid to take care of, he didn’t want to add an extra load on her back. He sighed, knowing the guild was his only option, he waddled over to his nest and pulled himself into it. He felt his eyelids fall heavy and drifted off into slumber.

She was running through the storm, they were right behind her, all of them. They wanted something from her and she wouldn’t give it to them. She ran through the undergrowth, wet tree branches slapped against her glass scales. She tripped on a tree root, pulled herself back to her feet and kept going. She ran up to a cliff and Grovyle was right behind her. He leapt in front of her and went into an offensive stance. She saw them all flooding onto the cliff and knew Grovyle couldn’t defend her from all of them. He leapt at one of the Sableye, violently clawing up its chest. She doubted he would survive. Lightning struck and she crouched down out of fear. Unintentionally dodging a Sableye. The wind picked up and they were thrown off the cliff into the raging sea below. Grovyle had blood all over his claws but was otherwise unharmed. Another wave of Sableye emerged from the forest. She and Grovyle backed up but were soon out of room to go. They knew they were surrounded, but Grovyle refused to surrender. “Grovyle! We can’t fight them all!” She yelled out of pure concern for her friend. He hissed. “I know.. But you need to get out of here..don’t worry about me. The mission is clear.” She stared at him, not really processing what he said. “What..?” He sighed.

“I’m sorry Rain…”

He picked her up and threw her off the cliff. She screamed for Grovyle and she plummeted into the waves below. She struggled keeping her head above the crashing waves. She inevitably sunk under. The rocks jutting up from underneath the sea were tearing up her delicate scales. Leaving nasty slices that resembled cracks against them. She somewhat winced, sucking up a bit of water. She began running out of air and tried swimming upward but she simply couldn’t tread water.

She heard a voice boom from somewhere around her. No, not around her. It sounded..telepathic. “You seem a bit out of place little one.. Allow me to assist you..”

She felt a white hot pain flood into her entire body. She screeched, releasing the breath she was holding. She couldn’t keep her consciousness and she went limp in the crashing waves, under the sea..

She woke up on a beach. Saltwater was flowing on her crack shaped wounds, causing discomfort. She winced and tried to remember what happened or how she ended up there. All she remembered was her name..

“Rain”

She attempted to rise but ultimately failed. She shivered and curled up into a ball. The water continued to rush over her body, stinging every wound it touched. Then, she passed out on the beach at the shore.

While this was happening, The torchic was pacing in front of a large tree with pale orange banners. The banner seemed to have 2 different claw patterns on them. He was muttering to himself about something. Finally, he approached the stand at the front. There was a Fidough intently reading a book there. She looked up, saw the hybrid torchic and rolled her eyes. “Ugh, you again? Listen, I already told you, you can’t form an expedition team without at least 1 other member. Must I show you the rulebook again??” The torchic hybrid shifted uncomfortably “Yes, I’m aware.. But I’m not here for that today. Uhhh my home got flooded in the storm last night..” He kept moving his wings around and shifting. The fidough’s intense glare was making him rather uncomfortable. “And uh..I was wondering if someone could possibly help me?” The Fidough chuckled. “The guild’s busy today. The town’s in a mess. I doubt they’ll have time to help a wildie like you…” The hybrid sighed “Alright.. Well uhhh, could you ask once they deal with everything else?” The fidough groaned. “Yeah, sure whatever. Now shoo wildie, I’m trying to read.” He turned and left. Holding back tears, he headed to the beach. He walked down the winding path and kicked a rock that was on the path. He wished he hadn’t been born in a mystery dungeon. He wondered if his life would be different if that was the case. He made it to the beach and flopped on the sand. He saw a seashell and picked it up. It was cracked. “Oh! Hold on!” He grabbed a string of seaweed nearby and wrapped it around the shell. Then he leaned it up against a nearby stone. “There you go! All better!” He was there for quite a while, until sunset actually. The Krabby came out and began blowing bubbles. Casting the sun’s rays onto the beach. It was a beautiful sight. It made him think about some good times from home. He remembered all his siblings, aunts, uncles and cousins. The bonds that were etched deep into his heart. He sighed, he could probably go back. His mom would accept him, surely. He shook his head. “I’ll stay here, I will prove him wrong.” An image of his father appeared in his head. It caused him to get irritated and he kicked a rock into the sea. He lowered his body onto the sand to calm down. When he cooled down he finally decided to go home, before he was at the beach all night. He turned to go and heard a groan from behind him. It was followed up with a whimper. Confused, he glanced behind him. He didn’t see anyone. He stepped back onto the sand, and called out “Uh, hello? Is anyone there?”

No response

He closed his eyes, detecting any auras nearby, like his oldest brother taught him to.

He spread out his aura all around him, He felt the Krabby, a few Shellder, and a pod of Finizen and Palafin. There. He found it. It was fluttering, like it was really weak. He opened his eyes and dashed to the spot where he sensed the weak aura. It was behind a rock. He peered around it and saw..

A Mudkip.

“Not just any Mudkip..” He realized. Taking note of the liquid filled body. “A glass variant..” It had crack-like cuts. “W-What happened..?”

He inched closer to the Mudkip and poked it. It whimpered and tried to move away but he stepped closer and got low.

“Hey.. it’s alright, I won’t hurt you..” He gently put his wing over the strange Mudkip. It seemed to relax quite a bit when he did that. It snuggled against him and he pulled away, clearly uncomfortable.

“That’s it, take your time.. Can you stand? No, probably not..”

He somehow managed to scoop up the Mudkip. He couldn’t treat its wounds here. A voice was nagging at his ear. “Y’know, you can’t take it home.. It didn’t really say that you could.. And it’ll be really confused when it wakes up.." He ignored the voice and grabbed a few ingredients from his fluff. He only had enough to make 1 Invisify orb. Meaning, that he would have to act like he didn’t have anything on his back, keep his posture upright and not act like he was hiding something. He groaned and worked his magic. “There, everything's in place. All it needs now is my special touch..” He focused a Safeguard on the pile of ingredients, creating a glassy, white orb.

“Awesome.” He congratulated himself. He pressed the orb on the Mudkip’s paw. The orb caused it to turn invisible. He picked it up and somehow carried it all the way to the sharpedo bluff. He moved the shrub blocking the entrance to his home. As he went down, he pulled the shrub back over the staircase, concealing it completely. He carried the Mudkip to his nest and gently placed it on top. He looked around and saw that his home was spotless. Everything was back in place. Like there wasn’t water in there at all the night before. There was something on his cabinets.

“A note?” He pulled it off and read it.

“Dear Phoenix, We saw that your home was a bit of a mess, so we cleaned it up for you. You’re welcome. Signed, Guildmasters Zen and Doku. ^^”

He found himself smiling and he placed the note down. He grabbed a first aid kit from a cupboard. And slowly approached the Mudkip. “Hey, I’m gonna treat your wounds now.. It might sting a bit..”

The Mudkip was unresponsive.

He sighed and began cleaning the wounds. When he started the Mudkip tried to bite him. “Hey hey! It’s okay.. I’m trying to help!” It took a little while but he finally finished. “Phew, done..” He looked out the window and the sun had completely set. He grabbed a blanket from a cabinet and gently tossed it over the Mudkip. “There we go… all better now!” He hoped that the Mudkip was okay, It was quite odd to see one on the grass continent. Now that he thought about it, it was weird to see a Mudkip anywhere near saltwater. They lived in freshwater. They knew not to go anywhere near the ocean. They couldn't possibly survive in the sea. Phoenix decided not to worry about that. So, he went over to his cabinets and pulled out his freshly created orbs. He sat next to his bed and began polishing them quietly. Before long the moon rose high into the sky.

It was waking hour.

"Welp, time to go.." He headed out of his home, shooting a look at the Mudkip.

Then, he went out. Where? Time will tell

[fairykingjing]

Monster Trio x F reader- How you become their girlfriend/how they ask you out

Summary: How the Monster Trio (Luffy, Sanji, Zoro) ask you to be their girlfriend/ ask you out. First time writing for Luffy or Sanji so I hope you enjoy!

Warnings: just cute stuff, maybe a little angst in Sanjis, and a v emotionally constipated Zoro.

Next fic is going to be Marco the Phoenix aphrodisiac smut, then a fic with the supernova (Luffy, Kid, Law)!

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Luffy:

You were lounging on the beach of the island you and your crew had stopped at for a resupply. A tropical coconut was in your hand, hollowed out and filled with a delicious beverage, compliments of Sanji. From somewhere off in the distance, you saw Luffy running towards you. His smile was infectious and you couldn’t help but smile back. Trailing behind him was none other than the captain of the Heart Pirates, Trafalgar Law.

“Heeeey, look who I found!” Luffy yelled from across the sand. “It’s Tra-guy!”

You laughed at his nickname, and gave a polite wave as they caught up to where you were.

“Tra-guy, you remember her, right? My girlfriend!” Luffy exclaimed.

You nearly spat out your drink. Girlfriend? Since when? Sure the two of you had tiptoed around the idea, but nothing was official. “Uh, Luffy, when did I become your girlfriend?”

“Hmmm, I dunno,” he pondered. “We hold hands, and kissed that one time, and I even shared my meat with you! That makes you my girlfriend!”

You brought your hand to your face and sighed. Of course, how could you forget when the two of you kissed. It was a warm night on the Sunny, and the two of you were laid out beneath the stars, just watching them. Your hands grazed each others, and you both enjoyed the closeness. Somewhere along the way Luffy had stopped talking, and only watched your face, illuminated by the starlight.

“You okay, Luffy?” you’d asked.

He’d nodded in response, before finally speaking. “I really like you,” he started. “You make me feel happy, different from how the rest of the crew does.”

“Different how?” You’d asked, worried.

“I dunno,” Luffy pondered for a moment. “Good different!” He grinned.

“I like you, too,” you’d decided. “Just being with you under the stars, so close, it’s… it’s really nice.”

The two of you had sat like that for a while longer before Luffy spoke up again. “Hey, can I… try something?”

“Uh, sure Luffy,” you replied. “What did you want-”

Luffy grabbed your face and before you could finish your sentence, he’d kissed you. It was slow, a little sloppy, but it felt so right. The moment had gotten interrupted by footsteps on the deck, and it hadn’t been talked about since.

You were jostled out of daydream land by Luffy putting his arm around you. “You okay?” He asked, concerned. “You kinda spaced out there.”

“Huh? Oh, uh, I’m good.” You answered with a fake smile. You guess it’s official now, though it would have been nice if he asked first. Still, you could get used to this. Girlfriend of the (future) King of the Pirates. What a title.

Sanji:

Sanji loves women more than he loves breathing, so when he flirts with you and brings you your favorite foods, you think nothing of it. His honeyed words, while nice, hold no real weight to them. He’s told the same things to you, Nami, Robin, and even strangers on the street.

When he asked you out, you laughed it off like always, and thanked him for the compliment. As much as you wanted it to be real, you knew he wasn’t sincere. You could have sworn you saw a look of hurt in his eyes, but you brushed it off and went about your day.

By 3, when he usually brought you and Robin afternoon tea, he was nowhere to be found. At dinner time, a plate of sandwiches sat on the counter, no cook in sight.

“Has anyone seen Sanji?” You asked, worried.

“I saw him making sandwiches in here earlier, but he didn’t want to talk much,” Chopper answered.

“He looked super down in the dumps earlier,” Franky added. “Wonder what’s up with him?”

“He wants to be left alone,” Zoro explained. “Said he was figuring some things out.”

You wanted to go find him, but decided to give him the space he was asking for.

Later that night he found you on the deck, leaning against the railing chatting with Usopp. “Hey, can I talk to you?” He asked nervously.

His usual heart eyed persona was gone. “Oh, sure Sanji.” You answered.

You waved to Usopp and followed Sanji through the ship, to the kitchen. Sitting at the table was a covered plate, surrounded by dimly lit candles. Two glasses of your favorite drink were filled and waiting.

“Come, sit,” he instructed.

You sat at the table, Sanji pulling the chair out for you. He sat across from you and lifted the cover to reveal your favorite dessert.

“Sanji, what—”

“Please,” he interrupted. “Let me talk.” He handed you a spoon and gestured to the plate. You tentatively took a bite and sighed as it melted perfectly in your mouth.

He took a deep breath and finally began to speak. “I… messed up. A lot. I spent so much time loving women as a whole, I never stopped to consider what it’d be like to love one woman. Really love her.” He looked down at his hands and sighed.

“I spent all this time flirting with you, but also flirting with Nami, Robin, really any beautiful woman I saw. So when I asked you out for real, you didn’t even believe me. Just laughed it off like always…” he continued.

“Sanji, I’m sorry, I—”

“No, it’s ok,” he cut you off again. “I deserved it.”

You put down your spoon and reached across the table to grab his hand.

“I really do think you’re the most beautiful woman in the world, and I want to prove it to you, and show you how sincere I am. Please, will you go out with me and give me this chance?” He pleaded, eyes gazing longingly into yours.

You were stunned, unable to speak as you processed what he said. He sounded so sincere, but you were uncertain. “Show me,” you finally decided. “Show me that you mean it.”

“Of course, mon amore, anything for you. Just tell me what I have to do.” He replied.

“One week. One week of being better, and I’ll go out with you. You can plan a date on the next island.” You explained.

The next week was largely uneventful. Your crew sailed the open sea, heading towards the next island, without much issue. Sanji, however, was quite different. He still brought tea to Robin, still made Nami snack plates, still laughed and smiled with them. But it was different. No flirting. No over the top eccentrics or heart eyes. Just friendship.

The rest of the crew noticed it, too. When he brought Robin her usual tea, she probed him for answers. “Are you ok? You’re acting quite different lately.”

He blushed deeply. Not sure how to answer, he scanned the deck to see if you were around. He didn’t want to open up about everything without your approval. “I’m fine,” he finally answered. “Just trying to tone down the theatrics.”

“Oh really?” Robin teased, giving him a knowing look as she sipped her tea. “Anyone special that could be the reason?”

“N-no, what makes you say that?” He was flustered now.

“Don’t worry, I won’t tell,” she reassured, gesturing to you as you walked out onto the deck.

“Thanks, Robin.” He said.

“Anytime,” she replied.

When you docked at the next island, Sanji insisted you go with him to resupply the food. The two of you walked closer together, hands brushing as you walked, but never quite holding. He led you to a small cafe that smelled deliciously like coffee and fresh baked bread.

“I thought we could spend some time together and have a latte? I heard their cinnamon rolls are wonderful,” Sanji said softly.

“I’d love that,” you smiled.

The two of you enjoyed your coffee and a selection of sweet treats. When the flirtatious waitress came by, hand brushing Sanji’s to grab an empty plate, he just smiled at her and thanked her for the service. Then, he turned his attention back to you, hands resting on his chin, eyes full of adoration as you continued a story.

“Yes,” you told Sanji.

“Yes what, mon amore?” He asked.

“Yes, I’ll be your girlfriend.” You answered.

“Are you quite sure?” He asked cautiously.

You nodded in response, a blush creeping up both of your faces. He reached across the table to take your hand and kiss it gently. “I promise, my love, I’ll spend the rest of my life showing you my devotion.”

And he meant it.

Zoro:

When you joined the Strawhat Pirates, everyone was so welcoming. Everyone except Zoro, that is. The first time he saw you, he had a weird expression on his face, and he spent every day after that avoiding you. Any time he saw you, he got that same weird look, and his face heated up. He wouldn’t look you in the eye at meal times, and spent the entire time trying to avoid conversation with you. You assumed that was just his personality, until you heard him laughing with the rest of the crew when you were not around.

“Does he just hate me?” You cried to Nami one day. “I thought it was just that I was new, or maybe it was just his personality, but now I don’t know what it is!”

“Why don’t you just ask him?” She questioned.

“He won’t even look at me! When am I supposed to do that?” You whined.

“When he’s training, in the crows nest. He can’t run away then, and it’ll be private enough.” She suggested.

Later that evening, when he was up there training, you went in and decided to finally confront him. If he really hated you, fine, but you deserved to know why.

Hey, Zoro, can we talk?” You asked boldly.

“Hm” was all he managed to say. Undeterred, you took that as a yes and kept going.

“Why do you hate me so much?” You demanded.

He balked for a moment before regaining his composure. “I don’t hate you,” he answered.

“Then what is it? You won’t talk to me, you won’t even look at me! Clearly I did something wrong, except, I don’t even know what it is.” You felt tears threatening to spill down your cheeks as you let it all out.

“Look, you didn’t do anything wrong,” Zoro explained.

“Then what?” You cried.

“I just…” he looked down at his hands and shifted uncomfortably. “The first time I saw you, I felt weird. My chest got tight and my face heated up. I didn’t know what to make of it so I thought it was better to avoid you.”

You didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Did he really have a crush on you?

“Why didn’t you just talk to me about it?” You asked.

“Fuck, I don’t know,” Zoro groaned. “Every time I looked at you I felt… something. And I’m not good with feelings.”

“Well good with feelings or not, you didn’t have to avoid me like the plague,” you argued.

“I know. I’m… sorry. For making you feel this way,” he apologized.

A long silence stretched between the two of you. You weren’t sure what to feel. You thought you had feelings for Zoro, but those quickly got pushed aside when he began to ignore you and treat you like you were diseased. Now that you knew how he really felt, how could you proceed?

Before you could say anything, a sea king launched a surprise attack on the ship, interrupting your moment. Zoro sprang into action, and along with the rest of the crew, knocked it out. You took this opportunity to slip away to have some time to think.

“Hey,” Zoro had found you sitting in the library, curled up with a book you pretended to read.

“Hm” you responded, mimicking his response from earlier.

“Can we start over? So I can get to know you properly.” He asked.

“Depends,” you mused. “Still think I’m diseased?”

“I never thought that,” he protested. “I just… want to make things right, while I navigate these… feelings… properly.”

“Ok, Zoro, on one condition,” you said.

“What’s that?” He asked.

“You have to take me on a date,” you answered.

“No way!” He argued. “That’s not what I meant.”

“You sure about that?” You teased.

He groaned. He had to admit you may be right. Maybe he did have feelings for you after all. It was worth a shot at least, right?

“Ok, fine, woman. One date,” he agreed reluctantly.

“Great!” You beamed. You may have had to do some of the work, but Zoro would get there. You just needed to cure his emotional constipation. You were no doctor but you felt confident you could try.

[hondafuckingodyssey]

X-men comic recommendations

The other day I went on a rant about how nobody should attempt to read all of the x-men comics in order because if the x-men have no respect for the spacetime continuum, you shouldn't have to respect reading their shit in order.

So here's a list of comics series, some that I've read and some that are on my to read list. Mind the authors and the dates, Marvel likes to recycle titles so sometimes you'll accidentally pick up something that's a completely different story from ten years later.

If you're going to getting your comics from the library and different sources (cough archive.org cough), or skipping around to different eras, I recommend an app like Comic Geeks where you can track which issues you've read. As a bonus, you get a satisfying little dopamine hit every time you check off a comic you read.

The original silver age comics from 1963 Stan Lee and Jack Kirby These are fun, but they kind of suck. I believe X-men was one of their worst selling titles for many years. They are campy fun though, like that island has a giant acme magnet on on top of it, I wonder if that's Magneto's secret base, hmmm? I'm kind of working through these when I just have my phone because they're easier to read on a smaller screen than the new stuff with full page spreads.

Chris Claremont's classic X-men run, starting in 1975. This is the classic starting point I hear recommended again and again. You start with Giant Size x-men number 1, and then go to X-men issue 94. This is where all the classic x-men are introduced. You got your Dark Phoenix saga, and Days of Future Past, and a lot of the storylines that were used in the 90's animated series. Everybody should read some of these. But Chris Claremont was writing the X-men for FOURTEEN years. Do not attempt to read all of these before you move onto the modern stuff.

The Dark Phoenix saga, 1980 Chris Claremont, issues 129-138 Ok, I just finished these last night and they're so good that I want to make a special call out for them. I jumped ahead to read them and I'm so glad I didn't wait. I can't figure out how the movies sucked so bad when they had this source material to work with. We could have had an epic moon battle? If you don't read anything else from this era read these. Pro tip: get the epic version of like a prayer stuck in your head right before starting on issue 137. Really adds to the atmosphere.

X-men Season 1 by Dennis Hopeless, 2012 This is a graphic novel (so published altogether instead of in individual issues) retelling of the original silver age comics. It's mostly from Jean Grey's point of view. It's very fun.

Children of the Atom, 1999 by Joe Casey, 6 issues Sort of a prequel, explains how Charles Xavier recruited a bunch of teenagers. This looks good, but it started out with mutants being lynched, and with the way I always compare being a mutant to being queer, and the election and project 2025 looming, I decided this one was too much for me right now.

X-men First Class, 2006 by Jeff Parker, 8 issues I read the first four of these and they were cute. Bobby is writing home to his parents about his time in school, Scott and Jean go to the beach. Lots of fun character stuff. Originally 8 issues but it looks like they immediately did another run of issues the next year.

New X-men, 2001 by Grant Morrison his run starts with issue 114 This is a great place to jump in if Deadpool & Wolverine got you interested in x-men comics, because it's got Cassandra Nova in it. She's doing her weird finger thing! Supposedly this is one of best places to jump into modern x-men. I've read about 6 of them, so far so good.

Astonishing X-men, 2004 by Joss Whedon This is supposed to be the best x-men run ever. It continues directly from Grant Morrison's run. I'm saving it for next time I have a mental breakdown a rainy day.

All-New X-men, 2013 by Brian Michael Bendis This is what I'm reading the most of right now. Cyclops is being an asshole, and Beast decides the best way to solve this problem is to go back in time and bring the original teenage x-men from '60s back with him to confront him. This works particularly well as a jumping in point because they keep explaining backstory through the kids finding out all the ridiculous things that have happened. Like, poor Jean asking how she died, and they're is like, um which time?

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The Daughter of the Phoenix~

Hello my dear readers! Welcome back to the next chapter of The Daughter of the Phoenix! I hope you enjoyed the last one, and I hope you enjoy this one just as much. Just a little reminder that this is a “HSR Men x F. Reader” situation type deal! :) Here is part I if you haven’t read that yet! Also, let me know if you’d like to be included in the tag list. I have notifications turned on now, so I should now be able to see who comments on my posts; so, I should get back to you very quickly! Anyways, I’ll stop with all this jibber jabber and let you read. Have fun~

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Warnings: a bit of swearing, a bit of violence towards the end…I think that is all!

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I felt my body slowly wake up after what seemed to be forever. My eyes were heavy, making it almost impossible to open them. As I slowly gained back consciousness, I started to feel pain run up and throughout my body. It was almost like I was on fire and no matter what, I couldn’t get rid of it.

Suddenly, I heard two voices talking to one another. One sounded like a girl, and the other sounded like a boy. 

Wait…where am I? 

My eyes snapped wide open, only to be met with a bright light. I slightly shut them this time, letting them adjust to the light difference. 

“Hey! She’s awake!” The female voice spoke.

She began to slightly shake me, making my head dizzy. 

“Stop doing that. You can clearly see she is getting sick from it.” The male voice said

“Oh, sorry! I was just trying to help her wake up.”

That’s when I budded in and began to speak…well tried to at least

“Where…where am I?” I said. My voice was extremely hoarse, making it hard for the two to fully understand me. 

The girl placed her hand on my arm, trying her best to soothe me.

“Don’t worry. You are safe here with us. We tried to help you to the best of our abilities. But some of your injuries were far too deep to fully heal.” She said

Soon enough, my eyes adjusted to the light and I took this time to observe my surroundings. I was…outside? Tall and bushy trees surrounded us, the morning sun’s rays just barely passing through them, giving it this ethereal look. The soft, grassy ground was wet from the morning dew, dampening my clothes. I looked down to look at my body, seeing deep wounds and bruises all over my body with a few bandages wrapped around my legs, torso, and arms. I also noticed that I was wearing what looked to be a hospital gown. 

I tried to push myself up, but realized that my body was so weak and injured that I couldn’t even do that.

“Woah, woah. Just relax, okay? Your body is pretty banged up, so you need to give it some time to heal.” She said

“W…What happened?” I tried to speak again. I tried desperately to remember how I got into this situation, but no matter how hard I tried, nothing came to mind. Now that I continue to wander in my own mind, I quickly realize that I can’t remember anything besides my own name! I was dragged out of my own thoughts when the man began to speak.

“We were wondering the same thing. You're lucky we were here to catch you. Otherwise, you would’ve died. What the hell were you even doing up there?” The man asked, trying his hardest to understand what was going on.

“Dan!” The girl yelled

“What? All I’m trying to do is see why she was up there.” He replied

“Up…where?” I asked, confused as to what they were talking about

“In the sky! You were falling at like 120 miles per hour!” She said

“I was?” I asked again, still not sure as to why I was all the way up there

“You mean…you have no memory of what you were doing up there? Or what caused you to fall?” Dan asked, perplexed.

I shook my head.

“Well, do you at least know what caused you to get injured this badly?” The woman asked, making me shake my head once again.

“I can’t…I can’t seem to remember anything at all.” I spoke up

“What about your family? They must be worried about you? Any friends? Pets even?” The girl said

“No. Nothing.” 

“Hmmm. It would seem that your body has experienced a lot of trauma that somehow caused your mind to block out any memory you had. Do you at least remember your name?” Dan asked

“Y/n…Y/n L/n.” 

“Well it's wonderful to meet you, Y/n! My name is March 7th! And this jerk to the left of me is, as I’m sure you heard, Dan Heng–ow! What was that for?” March whined after Dan stepped on her foot.

“Why are you telling her our identities? She could be with you know who!” He whispered to her.

“Oh come on, Dan! Look at her!” March said, kneeling back down to you, placing her hands around your face and cuddling up to you.

“She doesn’t even look like she could harm a fly!” She said

“What is he talking about?” You asked her

“Oh don’t worry about him. He's just paranoid that you could possibly be siding with a man who is maybe, kind of, most definitely trying to destroy us.” She explained

“Destroy you??” You asked with a concerned look

“Or maybe take over the world…to be honest, we don’t really know. But what we do know is that he is out for something. And whatever that is, it must be important because some of the townspeople have been dealing with him lately. They’ve managed to keep it tame for some time, but every time he comes back, it gets worse for them.” She finished

“I see…well, I’m not sure what I’m doing here…or where I am from. But I can tell you one thing. I am not with whoever it is you are talking about. Well at least I don’t think I am….” You said, scratching your head

March smiled down at you, hugging you tightly. Dan, however, just stared at you with a look of uncertainty, not sure if he fully believes you or not.

“Oh I just knew you couldn’t hurt a fly! Welcome to our not so large group!” March said

“Are you kidding me? She is not joining us. I still don’t trust her, not to mention that we barely even know her!” Dan said to March, pulling her away from me.

March pushed Dan away, glaring at him

“Oh hush, you! Give her a chance to prove herself!” March said, making Dan roll his eyes.

“No way.”

“Oh please, Dan! Please!” She asked, using her puppy dog eyes. She kept asking Dan over and over again, which you couldn’t help find a little funny. Eventually, Dan quickly grew tired of her and sighed.

“Alright! She can come with us. Just stop with that nonsense.” He said to her, moving his eyes towards my direction. He pointed his finger at me, looking at me with menace.

“And you. If you slip up even once, you are done.” He said sternly.

I nodded, swearing to them both that I will not be a burden to them and prove myself worthy.

“Oh goody! Soooo, what can you do!” March asked, sitting next to you.

“What do you mean?” I asked her with a questioning look.

“Like what kind of abilities do you have? Can you fight? Can you heal? Can you help us at all with defense?” 

I just stared at her with a blank stare, still struggling to even remember who I am.

“March, she just told us a while ago that she can’t remember anything.” Dan said, holding the bridge of his nose between his fingers.

“I know. I just thought I’d ask. I wanted to see if she could remember that.”

“She also might not have any ability at all.” He said

They began arguing once again. They were just like siblings who were both at the age of 5.

Quickly you budded in because you were starting to find their arguing a bit troublesome instead of funny. It was giving you a pounding headache.

“If I may.” You interrupted, making them both look at you

“I do not know if I am capable of anything like that…but I feel that I can learn rather quickly if you allow me to come with you.”

March’s eyes sparkled as she clasped her hands together.

“I love that idea! You can be our little apprentice who learns the way of the true fighter.” She said, looking off into the distance in her own little world.

Dan looked at March with confusion, but dismissed her to look back at you.

“I guess that wouldn’t be such a bad idea. Just make sure you don’t fall behind. We have things to get done and we can’t waste any of that time carrying you on our backs.” Dan said.

“Dan, she literally can’t walk! Look at her!” March said

“Oh, I’m sure I can walk now by myself…at least I think.” I said, looking down at my legs. Honestly, I lied. I knew it would be extremely painful to walk right now. But I don’t want to be left alone…and I also don’t want to start this off with them having to carry me around everywhere. 

I tried to push myself up, only to feel throbbing pain everywhere. March pushed me back down as she instantly took notice.

“Y/n. You need to not move a single muscle. Whatever you went through caused a great deal of damage to your body. If you continue to move without resting and letting yourself heal, you might cause future issues that could cause issues for you and the rest of us.” She said. Dan turned on his heel to go look for a way out of the forest, telling us that he will be back.

“But I-”

“No buts. Look, I know you don’t want to seem like a burden to us, but trust me, you aren’t. I know Dan may seem a bit…unique with his attitude, but he is only acting this way because he is confused. He can’t explain what happened to you or how you even got here. Therefore, he is struggling to trust you because he can’t understand. Once you get to truly know him, you will realize that there is a soft side to him. It just takes time. Once he gets used to you, he will open up a bit more and you may even find yourself to become good friends with him.”

“But he doesn’t seem like he wants to be around me at all.”

“It’s just because he doesn’t know what to do right now. Dan is that type of person to be reserved and professional about almost anything. But trust me when I say this. He will not leave you behind. He is not the type of person to do that. If he was, he would’ve left me behind a long time ago with how easily distracted I get.”

“Really?”

“Oh are you kidding me? Almost every mission we go on, I am always the one that slows us down because I want to enjoy everything we are doing! Dan just wants to get to point A to point B and get it done and over with. Honestly, I think it’s the reason we work so well together. He keeps me on track, but I allow him to actually enjoy life rather than being so uptight.” She said

“And now with you, it's going to be so much fun! Who knows what new adventures you bring us! Or what new talents you bring us!” She said

“But…Dan said I might not have any ability-”

“So what? You don’t have to have a special ability to have talent! You could be helpful in other numerous ways! You could help gather up a team to help us on our missions! You could help spy on others to help with our missions! You could even just help us by traveling long distances to search for things or talk to others for our missions! Don’t get down on yourself so easily! You never know what potential you have if you don’t try!” She said

“Yeah…I guess you're right.” I said, thankful for her kind and inspiring words. 

Just as she finished, Dan came back in a full sprint.

“Dan? What’s wrong?” March asked

Before he could open his mouth, a large screeching sound was heard from behind him. My eyes opened wide as I realized we were in danger.

Damn it! Why right now!

“Shit! We need to get out quick! We can’t fight a shape shifter right now!” March said, grabbing a hold of me.

“Dan! Help me get her up!” March said. Dan quickly sprinted towards us and, without struggle, picked me up in his arms. March and Dan began to run as fast as they could, not wanting to waste a single second.

The screeching got louder and louder, however. I lifted my head a bit to see what exactly we were running from, only to see a gigantic creature running towards us. It looked like a knight in shining armor, only more terrifying. 

It raised its hand and balled its hand up into a fist, causing a large lightning bolt to hit only inches away from us, making me shriek. 

Soon, another hit, knocking March to her knees. Dan stopped in his tracks, looking down at March.

He ran to her and helped her up.

“You alright?” He asked. She nodded, panting.

Dan looked up ahead, seeing that it would be near impossible for them to escape this without getting severely injured. It would be better to just face the enemy and get it done and over with.

You noticed that they weren’t moving and grew nervous. They weren’t seriously thinking about stopping that thing were they??

“Get her to safety.” March said, pointing towards me.

Dan nodded and ran you over to a large tree to hide you. He looked into your eyes with a bit of concern

“Stay here and don’t move, alright?” He asked, well, more like ordered.

I nodded anyway and stayed back, watching them fight the creature. Lightning was shooting from all sides, freaking me out a bit. Though, the two of them seemed like they knew exactly what to do. They attacked the creature from both sides, not giving it a single chance to strike back. Their only worries were the lightning strikes hitting the ground, but even with that, they seemed to avoid each one.

Unfortunately, one of the lightning bolts nearly hit me, making me scream a bit. I ran my hand over my mouth, hoping they didn’t hear that. That didn’t work, however, because I felt a large hand grab my leg, making me scream loudly this time. I was suddenly lifted up into the air upside down, hanging by my foot.

I looked up to see another one of those creatures, looking at me with sinister eyes.

Dan turned around to look for me, only to see the position I was in.

‘Y/n!” He yelled, running towards me.

March also looked and gasped. Before she could do anything, though, she was flung back into a tree from the first shape shifter, causing her to lose her breath.

Dan ran up and tried to help me, but the shape shifter behind him grabbed onto him and threw him around, causing him a great deal of damage. 

The creature looked at me and struck me with a bolt of lightning, sending shocks all throughout my body. 

I yelled in agony as my already injured body was facing more and more damage. 

“Y/n…” 

My face turned from one in pain to one with confusion as I looked around to see who said my name.

Everything was in slow motion, but it was all very blurry. Suddenly, I started to see a smokey silhouette from afar. It was pitch black and it was flying with its wings. It looked like a bird.

“Let me in, Y/n…Let me help you…” It whispered in my head, its voice echoing this whole time.

“W-Who…are you?” I whispered, making the creature holding me upside down confused.

“That is not important right now, my dear…Right now, you must let me take over so that I can help you.” It said, still standing far away from me. 

Before I could respond, however, my eyes were getting very heavy from all the pain that was being put on me. It’s funny. For some reason, I feel like I am having deja vu…but I can’t remember for the life of me why that is. 

Having no power left in me, I just accepted my fate and closed my eyes, falling into yet another deep slumber.

“I’ll make sure you are protected, no matter what…” The voice said to me before I passed out.

–

Dan and March sat up, their heads bleeding and pounding from the attacks they just received. 

March looked around for you, seeing that you were still being held upside down with even more injuries to your body. Her and Dan’s eyes opened wide as they saw you hanging there with your eyes closed.

“Y/n!” They both called out for you, standing up quickly to run and help you.

That was quickly put to an end when a large amount of lightning strikes surrounded them, creating a wall between you and them.

“Y/n! Wake up! Please, wake up!” March yelled, trying to find a way out to help you.

The lightning strikes kept getting closer to them, making the two stick right to each other.

There was no way out unless they ran right through it at the right time.

They both looked up at you, seeing the creature about to strike you again.

“Y/n!” Dan yelled out, trying to run through, only to get shocked. He was flung back into March, knocking her over as well.

Just as they thought you were done for, they looked up only to see your body…absorbing the shocks around you??

The two’s eyes widened as they watched the electricity go into your body, surrounding your skin with white cracks.

The two creatures looked at you with turned heads, curious as to how you were doing this.

All four of them took notice of how your arms started to turn a blackish/greenish color, the bright white cracks still present in your skin.

In a matter of seconds, your eyes opened wide, completely black with a bit of smoke seething out of the outer corners of your eyes. In that moment, a large scream emitted from your mouth, allowing a surge of energy to burst out of your body. 

The bright energy blast that escaped your body ran through the forest, pushing the trees back and even breaking them a bit. The ground beneath you all began to push downward due to the force of the blast. Most importantly, however, the blast touched the two beasts surrounding you two and completely disintegrated them into dust.

Since they disappeared, the lightning also disappeared and allowed March and Dan to be freed.

In a moment of shock, they stood there, amazed at what you just did, yet also a bit cautious. They weren’t sure what else you were going to do…or if you even knew what you were going to do.

But their thoughts quickly eroded away when they saw your body turn back to normal almost instantly and start to fall to the ground. 

Dan sprinted towards you, making sure to catch your body once again. He just barely made it to you, falling to the ground with you in his arms.

He looked down at you to see you were in the same shape as you were when he first caught you in the sky, making his curiosity about you increase.

“We need to get her proper medical help. Right away. Her pulse is barely there again…and I fear it will be harder to heal her with just us two. Come on, we need to get back to the others.” Dan said, standing up and placing you on his back, allowing you to rest.

March followed behind, worried about what just happened…and worried if you were going to make it.

And as much as Dan didn’t want to admit it, he was just as worried as well.

The two of them traveled as fast as they could to get back to someone they knew who could help, and who they knew was close by.

Bailu

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That’s all, my sweet readers! I hope you enjoyed this, and please, let me know if there are any mistakes or issues because I am always open to constructive criticism to help improve my writing! With that being said, I hope you all have a lovely rest of your day/night!

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[xamaxenta]

Keep forgetting to ask about it, but this week you've mentioned Marco's phoenix in a very predatory sense. Where the mythical bird is cruel and uses the false flames and gentle, healing aura to trick prey into getting close. Which is a delightful take on what's usually an owo fire bird that sings so beautifully the sun itself fell in love (thus giving the Phoenix the fire that rebirths it, at least according so some versions of the mythos that I personally love, cause in those versions the Phoenix was a very dull looking bird before with only song to compliment it... Which if you know anything about birds says that it was likely a female before--hmmm interesting ideas are interesting)

But anyway! Onto the topic! It made me wonder if, in this context, the Phoenix even has like, a mating drive or if it's all possessive and the mating but comes from the human bits. Which meeeaaaannnss that the Phoenix might just eat some prey by setting itself on fire to consume it completely which, I mean, if you think esoteric sounding sex is cool opens up a whole new world where Ace single handedly satisfies the the hunting drive of the Phoenix and Marco's libido while teasing the hunger part of the Phoenix in a very intriguing cycle.

You tend to view the animalistic phoenix as possessive so a pretty morsel it can play at consuming while uh... Consuming in a much different way, would be very attractive as a potential mate. (Which, I mean, I'm not pretending like I, too, don't find it a very sexy idea)

RIP their bed tho, they might have to take it somewhere less flammable. Maybe on a beach and end up in a smooth glass nest from the heat of the flames. If not straight up in the heart of a forest fire, idk, it's VERY dangerous to be near them if they decided to go at it like this tho.

Lol, Ace asking for wild forest fire phoenix sex by gathering bundles of incense like myrrh and dropping them in Marco's lap with a massive grin. He's such a damn menace istg lmao

Im speechless idk what to say, everyone has such amazing ideas and thoughts about the phoenix and im really happy my posts about it being so much more ferocious and uncanny were so inspiring

This particular part is the part i fuck with the most

Like its really romantic too that Ace does fulfill all of the Phoenixs needs both physically mentally spiritually and stuff because hes fire itself and ive always loved the whole feeding and taking and being greedy during an intimate act like sex and stuff (its the monster fucker in me im sorry)

Needing to connect intimately that isnt so flammable is such a comedic concept too like they had to trial and error and god idk which is more beautiful, Ace laying in a kaleidoscope of beach glass that theyve made together, haloed by shards of light and prisms

Or within the heart of a forest fire wild, beautiful, dangerous and free both options would fully have the Phoenix and Marco committing their heart to Ace 🥰

Ace may be afraid initially but after realising theyre not here to devour him like THAT he opens up more to the phoenix (to its delight)

[baguetteswag]

A Sorrowful Farewell at the Curtain Call | Chapter 3

PHOENIX WONDERLAND | WONDER STAGE

Tsukasa: The two androids, me and Asahi... Does that mean it will be a double starring?

Rui: Yeah, that's what’'s going to be.

Well, strictly speaking, the center of this story is Alfred though.

After all, the main plot is about a heartless android who gradually gains a soul.

However, Bartlett also has a final highlight. So I think it's fair to say that it's practically a double starring performance.

Asahi: Great! It sounds interesting! What an honour to play the lead role with Myles.

Tsukasa: …Yeah! Acting with Asahi seems also to be a great learning experience for me.

So… which one of us is going to act as which android?

Rui: About who to assign the roles to, I'm still undecided.

Asahi: Huh?

Rui: I still don't know much about Asahi's acting.

So I'm going to switch between them while practicing alternately and decide for the one that fits better.

Tsukasa: I see, I’d have expected that from you, Rui. I have no objection!

Asahi: Yeah! That kind of stuff is really exciting!

Rui: Thank you very much. As for the other roles, I will bring the script home today and think about them. Will that be okay with everyone?

Emu: Yes!!

ARKLAND member A: I can't wait to see you read the script!

Rui: (Yes. First of all, we're starting in a good mood)

(However, this is where the hard part starts. Since we’re working with the ARKLAND cast, there are a lot of challenges in terms of acting and directing)

( In any case… we'll be ourselves and do the best we can)

SEVERAL DAYS LATER

Rui: Now that everyone's roles have been decided, we'll start the readings today. Ladies and gentlemen, I look forward to working with you.

Tsukasa: I look forward to working with you!!

Asahi: Me too, I look forward to working with you!

Emu: Everyone is full of energy this morning!♪

Nene: T-There are two people with loud voices now…

Asahi: Oh, by the way, Rui-kun.

What are you going to do about the roles of me and Tsukasa-kun for the time being? You'll decide which android to play later, won't you?

Rui: This time, I'd like Asahi to temporarily play the android Alfred from Country A, and Tsukasa to play the android Bartlett from Country B.

And then, depending on the scene and situation, we'll take it in turns

You will both have to learn the script for two roles, though…

Asahi - Tsukasa: “Leave it to me! ” | “Leave it to me! ”

Rui: FuFu, I must say you're reliable.

The others are still the same: Emu is the frontier girl who picks up Alfred. Nene is Bartlett's education sergeant.

Emu: Yes!

Rui: Well then, let's start the reading now.

Tsukasa: “Good morning, Alfred. How are you feeling? "

Rui: One more time.

Tsukasa: …Rui, weren’t youv going to check the flow this time?

Rui: I apologize for saying that, but... It just doesn't feel like an android. I just need you to step into the role a little bit more.

Tsukasa: Hmmm... like an android...

Nene: Acting as an android seems difficult. I wonder how I would do it…

Emu: Hmmm... "Good Morning! Alfred! ” 

Nene: Is that an android...?

Asahi: Hmm…

Hey, Rui-kun, can I have a chance to have a dialogue with Tsukasa-kun at the beginning?

Rui: yes, certainly.

Asahi: Let's do it then, Tsukasa-kun! I'll do my best to look as android-like as possible!

Tsukasa: Oh, thank you very much… Okay, so…

“...Good morning, Alfred. How are you feeling? "

Asahi: “Good morning, Bartlett. I’m fine”

Tsukasa: (W-what? This feeling…)

(It's like if you're talking to someone else. Even though Asahi-san only said one line...)

Asahi:”t's a beautiful sunny day and the temperature is just right. I'm sure even the professor feels comfortable spending time here”

Tsukasa: ( ...! I see. I thought it would be more like an android if I didn't add too much intonation, but…)

(it’s the opposite. If you are intended to be an android that communicates with people, you should speak in a way that is easy for people to understand and with a certain degree of intonation)

“...Since it's so sunny, it would be good if the professor was able to get out of the lab once in a while

Asahi: “That's not going to happen. He's like a mole in the dirt, he likes to stay in his lab”

Tsukasa: “That's right.. Is there something we can do about that isolating habit? ”

Rui: “How irritating to be called a mole. Even tho I’m your creator”

Asahi - Tsukasa: “professor”

Rui: Yup. I think we’re good for now. I think we need to work a little bit more on getting the two of you in tune with each other.

Tsukasa: Really…!

Thank you, Asahi.

Asahi: Haha, actually I didn't do anything.

Tsukasa: No, no. Thanks to you, I think I've got a bit of a better idea of how to be more android-like.

Asahi: Well then, good for you! … And, ah right

What kind of thoughts did the professor in this play have, and for what purpose did he created an android? ... If you think about that and play it out, it might help you to act better.

Tsukasa: …!

(...I see. I thought that if I was thinking about acting as an android, I would act like an android, but…)

(Thinking about that the two androids should be based on the intentions of the doctor in the play... huh?)

(Even though there are so many things to think about, such as what kind of tasks do you want them to do, how humanised do you want them to be...)

Asahi: …Tsukasa-kun?

Tsukasa: Oh, oh! It's nothing!

Emu: You two looked like real androids!

Nene: I was surprised by Asahi-san's performance. But I'm glad Tsukasa was able to adapt too.

Rui: (...As I thought, Asahi-san is going to be a good influence on Tsukasa-kun)

Well then, let's carry on with the reading.

Nene: What do you mean? Are you saying that someone else broke into this lab at the same time as us?

ARKlAND member A: “Stay alert, Sergeant Willis! Think of this as a battlefield! “

Nene: “R-Roger! “

(Wow, what an amazing voice...! My ears are ringing...!)

(But... that's right. If you actually rush in with a gun and something irregular happens, it should give much tension...)

Emu: “Ah? Mom, someone's fallen over there! ”

ARKlAND member B: Oh, Emu-chan. Maybe you should lower your voice a little more in this scene.

This is a frontier area, so the setting doesn't have a lot of military people, but you might be expecting that the person who's fallen could be a soldier.

Emu: Oh, I see! I'll try!

Rui: (...I can see they are the cast of ARKLAND. Even though it's only been a few days since the program was decided, they've done a lot of reading and acting)

(Asahi, in particular, seems to have almost mastered the rather difficult role of Alfred)

(And… apparently it seems that he still has a lot of energy left. Wel…)

(I wonder how Tsukasa will feel upon seeing this)

Tsukasa: (...I didn't expect to see such a difference in ability just from reading together…)

(And it's not just Asahi. All of them had only been given their scripts a few days ago, but they had already read this and gotten into their roles)

(No, that's not all. They think a lot about other roles so that the whole work will be better... Yet I'm so busy with my own role...)

(...No! No! Stars doesn’t have such vulnerable behavior!)

(If you think you don't have enough power, you just need to build it up!)

(...We need to think more and more like i did with Torpe. We need to get closer to the stars of the world...!)

Rui: Now then, let's read through to the end!

Emu: Wow… That was a good story…

ARKlAND member A: I really liked the final scene where they meet on the battlefield…

Nene: Yeah. I'm glad we' re both getting to know each other properly.

Rui: FuFu, I'm glad you all liked it.

(Yes. It's quite a nice atmosphere. Just…a bit uncertain from here on)

(They… I wonder how far they'll be willing to follow my directions)

Well, now that the reading is over, I think I'll start directing the opening scene right away.

Tsukasa: When you say the opening scene, you mean the one where the… laboratory is attacked?

Asahi: The androids’ daily life is suddenly destroyed. I'm looking forward to it because it's a tense scene.

Rui: Yes. Give that sense of tension…

I really want to recreate that attack scene.

END

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[kurtty-drabbles]

Implicating Mephisto instead of Azazel in the BS prophecy Spurrier came up with to barely justify Destiny's actions and the whole retcon would make too much sense and be a smart idea compared the plothole turbo generating one we ended up getting (it still wouldn't explain the worlds where Mephisto successfully turned Nightcrawler into one of his best followers Belasco or why Nightcrawler dying in DoFP wasn't seen as a big fail for this decades long plan but whoever still thinks Destiny's words are pure gospel must be drinking her bath water like Mystique instead of anything for proper hydration at this point)

The main reason why he didn't go with Mephisto is well I think we already established that Spurrier was debilitatingly stupid and doesn't know jack about the characters he ever uses minus his precious ocs

Literally the vision he showed of Azazel apparently being able to take over the whole universe if Nightcrawler didn't exist had him defeat Jean Grey Doom and the Scarlet Witch amongst everyone else (Avengers F4 X-Men...)

The Phoenix who was a key tool to defeat Krakoa's ass pull massive bad guy Enigma Dominion amongst other powerful beings can eat planets and shut down mutant minds without issue

The current Sorcerer Supreme and the Man who would yearly go toe to toe with Mephisto in his own realm to reclaim his Mother's soul from Hell

The most powerful witch in the Marvel universe who can bend reality at her will and depower mutants with a few words

(Hmmm... Two out of three of those very powerful characters are women and two out of three are Romani... If it isn't a pattern after what Spurrier puller with Margali Szardos I dunno what is)

It makes you wonder how AoA or DoFP or any dystopian future can come to be if Azazel is that OP and can take down anyone and anything but I digress

It also had Azazel with the red Bamfs which you know only come to be if Nightcrawler exists since Azazel needs to fail his first takeover attempt then Nightcrawler needs to die and only after all of that can Azazel access the Bamfs in Hell while Nightcrawler is in Heaven

Nightcrawler is the main component Azazel needs for each of his takeovers after all : Removing him literally removes the problem and explains why there's no takeovers in the worlds where Nightcrawler is long dead aka he doesn't exist

Nightcrawler accepts this whole bag of crappy explanations tho because a character is only as smart as the writer and Spurrier is *points above* but thinks of himself as a genius writer

Critical thinking and a healthy memory left the chat for this character because Nightcrawler needed those last minute mommy issues otherwise he has no personal stakes or arcs at the end of Krakoa

... And Marvel couldn't have sold a $10 wedding special issue featuring two characters who never cared about him as he is seen smiling at them on one of the ugly covers and dances with them at their renewal of vows in the book because they never did anything wrong and especially not to him and each other

A renewal which btw had Mister Sinister come and give them a gift in it

Yes Mister Sinister the nazi

Kurt is fine with this as he has been fine with most things... Like no longer having self-respect, a functional brain and morals

Hi nonny.

I do like Mephisto, he´s honest in being an ass. He´s also a plot device to fuck over Spiderman´s life...The whole trade his wedding for May´s life is so...stupid, I do hate marvel editorials.

Yeah, two the characters you mentioned are romanis and are powerful. Jean and Wanda are also powerful women but the golden rule of comic book is how a woman can only be powerful if is to help a man...not to solve a problem. Shocked Logan wasn't sent to solve Azazel if he´s so op bc well...LOGAN IS THE BEST ON WHAT HE DOES.

Comic writers "Women can be powerful" and they are secondary to the men, and powerful PoC women are lucky if they are mentioned. Its like I said in a previous ask, diversity matters and we should have more PoC writers who has the better understanding on the PoC characters.

As for Kurt...did you know in some aus, Kurt is a nazi? One is a nazi, the other is a fascist and like...why? I don't know...and the comic writers sure wont explain that now.

Kurt now is ok with Mr. SInister being in the same table than him. Everyone in the X-men was...I know people hated Prof X and I get it but like those grown ass men COULD HAVE PUNCHED THE NAZI. NO ONE DID A THING.

If Azazel punch Mr. Sinister THAT WILL MAKE HIM BETTER THAN KURT ...HOLY SHIT

[honey-minded-hivemind]

Hahaha, amazing, @crow-crystal! Utterly wonderful!!!

I'm going to say our Medicine Seller Reader (perhaps a kitsune or some kind of fox spirit/guardian/part-human/etc.) was about 18-20 when they first became a guardian who fought and slew mononoke or dangerous demons...

As for this child, hmmm... if this is when Reader first became a guardian, say, I their first decade or century, then it could be... one of the adults as a small child!!!! In that case, I'd say either Erik/Magneto, Raven/Mystique, or Charles/The Professor.

If this is set after the first century of their job, so, anywhere between 120-500 years down the line, it could be Kurt/Nightcrawler, Kitty/Shadowcat, Todd/Toad, Evan/Spyke, Scott/Cyclops, or even Pietro/Quicksilver!

Logan/Wolverine and Victor/Sabretooth are older than Reader, and happen to be some kind of nature spirits and had guarded a family or two for at least two eons... Ororo/Storm is a storm/weather/rain goddess, who had ties with a mortal family when she or her sister took one for a spouse, and this Evan came to be, a gift child from the goddesses of rain and snow and thunder... Jean/Phoenix ends up becoming the next reincarnation of the Phoenix!

Now, I watched Ayakashi, the series before Mononoke and where the Medicine Seller originally was from, and I've watched Mononoke and it's movie, A Phantom In The Rain (and a video explaining the ending, because they showed rather than told what happened. So my guess was mostly right, but i had to know for sure what the ending meant)

How should Reader dress? Is this in an older time period, or modern? And does anyone have any creatures of myth or folklore you think any of the mutants would be in this world?

@sugar-soda @thewickedweiner @vivid-bun @danniloversugar @crowwithguns @opossumdaydreamz @crow-crystal

(Extra: Reader loves sweets, rice, and chicken; they like odd stories; and they happen to have fluffy hair, with one end held back with a hair tie or ribbon, like the Medicine Seller, or a fox tail)

@sugar-soda @thewickedweiner I have watched... Mononoke!!! (Not the princess, the weird fox magician/exorcist person)...

So, um, new au idea:

What if Reader and the mutants are all different creatures/monsters/beings from all kinds of mythology and fantasy, but because of something bad happening to them? And Reader is the person trying to help them heal, or stopping them from killing someone, or letting them do so if their victim deserved it?

We have all kinds of mythological creatures to give dark backstories to that can be the mutants, like kelpies, sirens, kitsune, bakeneko, changelings, etc. !!!

Ye or no???

[eeteernity]

Gekko x reader

im witting this bc when i was on the gekko x reader tag i was in the top blogs and i felt like an imposter so now i have to write one

cw: fluff

you want an indie boyfriend who skates and introduces you to music, clothes and overall just loves you? Gekko is right there in the corner staring at you in adoration

You were quite new in the protocol, you joined right after neon, so only 2 more people joined after you. You pretty much got along with everyone there, even being tolerated by viper and reyna. (you think reyna only didnt hate your guts because you were a radiant)

though you did like to hang out with neon, raze, jett and phoenix a lot. Those 4 you seemed to mesh really well with, very loud and outgoing people. Which is why it was such a shock when another agent joined.

“Everyone this is gekko, The new guy who will be joining you guys on missions, make sure to treat him well.”

Brim said sternly, while gekko just gave a bit of a goofy wave. It was love at first site.

“he’s so fine omg.”

“i know…”

you and neon whispered to each other. You couldn’t take your eyes off him, he was just so different to most the people here, he looked more relaxed and chill. Sage then took him off to show his room.

“yo (y/n) you should get to know him, he looks so cool.”

neon said with a sly smile.

“honestly I will.”

reyna looked over to you and neon and just rolled her eyes muttering ‘kids’ under her breath before walking away.

you decided to leave him alone for a bit just for him to get settled in. Sitting in the common room you switch through channels trying to find something interesting to watch. However you didn’t have to wait for long to talk to the new guy.

“hey you’re (agent name) right? sage told me your name by the way. im not a stalker or anything!”

he said putting his hands up defensively with a small smile.

“oh hey! yeah I’m (agent name) but you can call me (y/n), I don’t keep my name a secret here. It’s nice to meet you! are you liking it here?”

“yeah it’s super chill, i’m loving the vibe here. my name is mateo by the way”

he says as he sits near you on the couch.

“anything i can help you with? or did you just want to talk to me?”

you say in a teasing tone, causing his cheeks to go slightly pink.

“oh yeah i was actually wondering if you knew any places to eat around here? specifically chinese im really in the mood for that right now! But i also wanted to talk to you!”

he again said defensively.

“oh yeah i know a shit ton. you want me to go with you or just give you directions?”

“oh sí that would be great if you came along, you could help me order!”

“okay let me just go put on some shoes”

you and gekko went off to a near by street that had many food places, on the way you engaged with the usual first meeting talk like ‘how old are you?’ ‘favourite colour?’’where you from’ just the normal stuff. You got to the food place and decided to eat it there instead of takeaway. it was a small place, a family owned business. it was quaint

“so (y/n) what do you plan to get?”

“hmmm i’ll go with this one”

you point to your usual oder on the menu.

“i’ll get that too!”

you and gekko order and just keep talking. its nice, he’s really nice, and chill, and good looking and you’re staring at him again.

“so you wanna tell me about the people we work with? por favour.”

“oh yeah okay so, everyone’s really nice. Maybe not viper and reyna but they’re nice deep down… i think.

“ohhh reyna is actually the one who trains me!”

“really?! that’s cool as. Omen was the one who trained me when i first arrived. but anyway, keep your eardrums safe around raze she can be a bit loud.”

“veo, veo.”

you two keep discussing everyone until your food arrives.

“woah this looks good as, great pick (y/n)!”

“yeah, also i’ll pay for you if you want. I got spare cash”

“really! thats so nice!! gracias!”

eventually you get back, completely stuffed from the food.

“yo (y/n)! Gekko! you’re back. You guys want to watch a movie with me, raze, killjoy, sage, jett and omen?”

neon asked as soon as you walked through the door.

“yeah im down, what about you (y/n)?”

“yeah same! what movie are we watching?”

“a horror! its going to be so fun, just come to the common room when you’re ready.”

neon says before sprinting away. You look over to gekko and see him slightly frozen.

“you scared of horror movies or something?”

gekko nods his head slightly.

“don’t worry you can grab onto my arm if you get scared!”

gekko blushed a little at this.

“haha thank you (y/n)…”

the two of you walk to the common area and the movie starts. Everyone is sat in twos, Killjoy and raze, omen and sage, jett and neon.

the movie starts out well not too many scares but then the first jump scare happens. Making neon and Gekko jump

“oh shit!”

he says as he grabs onto your arm.

“sorry, didn’t mean to grab onto you.”

“its alright mateo-“

“shhhh!”

jett shushes the both of you.

the movie continues. With gekko basically clinging onto you for dear life. so like a good person you rub his back for him to clam down. he shivers at your touch. The movie ends, and killjoy and raze are giggling to themselves about how bad it was. omen and sage thank everyone for watching the movie as they walk to go do their own thing. while jett is comforting neon.

“neon it wasn’t that bad!”

“yes it was jett! what if that weird thing is going to come for me!!”

“come on lets go get you some water…”

which leaves you and gekko alone.

“you feeling alright?”

you ask him concerned.

“yep… yep. i’m alright. Man how do you not get scared?!”

you just shrug your shoulders.

“anyway i’m going to get ready for bed. If you get scared i don’t mind you waking me up or anything. I’m here for you.”

“okay, thanks for spending the day with me (y/n) it was really nice to get to know you!”

you leave.

He’s so cool..

i really like her..

OKAY THATS THE ENDING I MIGHT CONTINUE IT WHO KNOWS BUT I JUST WANTED TO GET THIS OUT. SORRY IF IT’S BAD I DIDN’T REALLY KNOW WHERE IT WAS GOING

[thoughtfullyrainynightmare]

Hiya Laura!

So I gots another theory that came to me when waking from the clutches of slumber…

In Black Clover, a persons life is tied to their grimoire correct? If the grimoire begins to disintegrate, then it means the owner is dying. If the grimoire completely disintegrates, then that’s it and the owner has died (unless you’re Julius and come back to life)

(Linked text is just images to back up my explanation)

I don’t know why this only so randomly came to me… but remember how when it was revealed that Mars and Fana both share the same two magical attributes of Diamond Magic and Fire Magic because of their grimoires being modified and Frankenstein-sewed together during Morris’ experiments?

Look at the following images of Mars’ and Fana’s grimoires before vs after Morris modified them.

If we look at Mars’ grimoire, both before and after Morris’ modifications (Morris ➙ damn sicko), we can see it is incrusted with numerous diamonds all throughout the cover; and it is canon that a mage’s grimoire design are related to the mage’s strength of will, strength/power/skill, and magical attribute overall… so it’s no wonder Mars, a boy who was born with Diamond magic, would have literal diamonds embedded in the grimoire that chose him.

But here’s my question…

Diamonds are practically indestructible. Black Clover’s logic does use a good amount of our real world facts/principals that Tabata then manipulates to fit into his storyline, but a lot of the context of those facts/principals remain, so it stands to reason to believe that just like in our world, in Black Clover, the only thing that can crack/scratch a diamond is another diamond.

I attempted to count the number of diamonds encrusted on the front/back covers of Mars’ grimoire by combining the overall numbers I counted on both Fana and Mars’ Frankenstein-sewn grimoires. I counted about 48 or so diamonds overall (but I could’ve missed some) that would be encrusted within Mars’s original grimoire, but are now shared between Mars and Fana. That’s a pretty hefty amount of diamond embezzlement😎💍💎 (so why exactly is the Diamond Kingdom so damn poor that they pillage other lands for resources when they have a shining general who can literally make diamonds out of nothing? Mars could literally save his country from poverty by exchanging diamonds he makes as commerce with other nations… the diamond king is just a wee-but stupid missing out on that opportunity, huh?)

So if a person’s grimoire completely disintegrates upon their death, or begins to disintegrate as they are dying… remember that if Black Clover diamonds uses the same logic of our real world and diamonds are the only substance that can crack/scratch another diamond… that means the diamonds of Mars’ grimoire will never disintegrate… the rest of the book could, yeah, but those original diamonds that were there before his grimoire chose him would still remain. Unless another diamond mage (which we have yet to see or hear of so I’d bet my money on this being an incredibly rare magical attitude) who shatters the diamonds of Mars’ grimoire… do you think this could mean Mars could be near immortal? Or at the very least be very near unkillable? If the diamond parts of his grimoire remain… then the entirety of the grimoire itself will never fade away… and neither should his life-force along with it. Same goes for Fana as well now that they share each other’s magical attributes.

(Me: just realizes how that’s gonna make Mars’ and Fana’s ‘till death do us part’ vows one day all the more awesome if this theory pans out and does mean they are near unkillable/immortal)

What are your thoughts Laura?

- GrimoireGirl📚

Hiya~! ^_^

There's a lot to unpack here T^T But it's okay 😉😎

Hmmm... 🤔

Okay, well the very first thing comes to mind is my high school chemistry teacher telling us that "unfortunately 007 lied to you, because diamonds aren't for ever". They do have a half life, and thus aren't quite as indestructible as media would have us believe. Plus I mean, they do cut diamonds for rings. BUT! That's enough for the nerd in me, I'm sorry 😭

But I do like the idea that Fana and Mars are essentially very hard to kill, let it be the diamond affinity or then the phoenix thematic. And they kind of have been shown to be difficult to kill, so that would most definitely support the idea.

And this is again where I wish that we would know more about grimoires. Because we do know that grimoires are connected to a person's soul and/or life force. That's given, and undebatable. But what I find intriguing is: 1. Where do grimoires come from?

Are they made in the grimoire towers? Or do they just appear on the shelves like magic? And. Are they assigned to a person from the moment the grimoire is made/the person is born? Or do they get assigned during the grimoire ceremony? Do they just poof into existence when a person is born?

2. Where do grimoires go? If they go

Asta having Licht's grimoire makes me think that maybe... grimoire incarnation is a thing. But then again the very-heartbreaking scene of Fue's grimoire beginning to disintegrate, makes me think that it isn't. Perhaps there are components in grimoires that don't disappear. Maybe there aren't. We just don't know enough.

To me it seems like all the of kingdoms are at least... relatively poor (?). And if you have limited resources, diamonds won't keep people fed. Plus, I mean, even if Diamond would have diamonds, they need people to trade with. And since their only neighbours are Clover and Spade, maybe people are just reluctant to trade with them. Thus, they're poor. But when it comes to the kings wits... *cough* the only good King-king seemed to be Papa Grinberryal *cough* and *cough* he's dead *cough*, and Heart has a Queen *cough*.

Anyways... It could be that diamond mages are hard to crack, but it could also be that Mars' and Fana's life forces are combined, and thus in order to kill one of them, one would really need to kill both of them. 🤔

Personally I'd like to know more about grimoires (which might be that I love @firefutte 's Grimoire AU so much), and how they actually work. Tabataaaa!!! 😭😭😭 Information please! 🥺

Thank you for sharing and for stopping by 🥰

[sohin-ace]

It's Avdol/Abdul Loving hours. I don't even care.

※ Jojo Scenario • Abdul - Warm Morning

Your chest felt heavy, you were tired of everything and constantly on edge. You were scared that anyone and anything could be an enemy Stand, ready to kill you all.

You got out of your hotel room, dragging your feet across the floor, aiming at joining the others downstairs. It was still early in the morning and you soon realized that no one else was awake.

There was only Abdul, standing in the main hall, greeting you with a big smile as he took notice of you. That adorable smile that could wipe all your burdens and insecurities away. How did he manage to stay so bright and positive even in those trying times, you'd never know.

"Oh, Y/N, Salaam, good morning! Did you sleep well?" He greeted with a deep and soothing voice, so sweet to your ears against the dawning silence Ah yes, you could get used to this.

Maybe it was the grogginess of the morning that made you act like this. Maybe it was the pressure and stress rising within you for the past few weeks, or maybe it was just his kind eyes that were so inviting to you, but you only responded by walking up to him and crashing tiredly against his broad chest, his spicy and musky scent immediately washing all over you.

Ah, he felt so warm, his scent was so comforting, even the fabric of his clothes was soft and comfortable against your skin. You could have missed his adorable chuckle if it weren't for the deep rumble of it in his chest.

The man did not hesitate in wrapping his strong arms around your shoulders and you subconsciously shrunk yourself in his hold. Abdul was always demure in affection, but there was no one in the lobby this early in the morning, and he felt like a nice little hug couldn't hurt. Or maybe his own early rise and your tiny form made him feel particularly protective that morning, who knows?

"Rough night, I suppose..." He murmured to you as he caressed your head.

For such a big man with such a hot-blooded personality, Abdul was so gentle in his touches. Any harshness in his calloused hands completely vanished against his feathery strokes. Like the wings of a firey phoenix, warm and soft.

You hummed softly in confirmation to his guess and he tightened his arms around you securely, mindful of his own strength as to not hurt you.

"It's okay. You can sleep in the car later. I'll make sure nothing disturbs you, unlike yesterday's enemy."

Ah, that's right. You had been targetted by an enemy the very preceeding day. A smart man who had taken the perfect opportunity to corner you as you were away from the group for no less than 5 minutes.More than enough for him to strike

Polnareff did warn you that even going to the lavatories was a risk at that point, but there was no way you'd let any of the guys follow you there too.

That had only strengthened your stress and paranoia, which explained your restless nights.

Oh but all these thoughts evaporated with the burning comfort Abdul brought to you.

You slowly wrapped your own arms around his torso, hoping to bring him even closer, as if you'd die cold without his loving fire.

You stood there against him and sighed in delight. It was like time had stopped, there was nothing else but him. For a second you wondered if he wouldn't lose patience, having you cling to him like a helpless child. You wondered if he would eventualy push you off of him, claiming to be uncomfortable, which was absolutely fair. But he never budged a single inch aside from his fingers drawing light soothing patterns along your back.

Maybe he was writing love words in Arabic, maybe he was just drawing nonsense. Either way, it sent shivers and tingles all over your body and you absolutely lived for it.

"Aaah... It's way too early. Kakyoin why would you wake me up now? On a Saturday too!"

You both heard the distant, yet loud voice of Polnareff whining and yawning from a nearby corridor connecting the lobby to the elevators.

You reluctantly separated from the Egyptian, feeling much colder without him, but at the same time so incredibly relaxed and rejuvenated from his sweet loving.

"If we're too late for breakfast there won't be anymore cherries at the buffet! Nor croissants! You did say you missed eating croissants, right?" Kakyoin argued back and Polnareff couldn't deny his friend's truth. Dang, he missed croissants.

The two finally arrived at the lobby and did a double take at the sight of you and Abdul already up.

"Oh? You two are already awake?" Kakyoin approached, his voice still slightly raspy from sleep.

"Well, Bonjour to you two!" Polnareff grinned big, his demeanor contrasting from five minutes ago's sleepiness and whines. The power of croissants, fuel for the Frenchmen.

"Ah, good morning. We were just waiting for everyone to wake up. Where are Jotaro and Mr. Joestar?" You started softly, trying your best to not sound too drained.

"I trust Mr. Joestar to wake up soon but..." Polnareff trailed off and shot a knowing glance at Kakyoin. "I'd hate to be the one to wake Jotaro up... Hmmm... Y/N, you do it."

"Huh?” You let out in confusion, your energy slowly growing at the presence of the other crusaders. “Why me? I don't wanna die, I have so much to live for!" You were already missing the previous, much smoother moments.

"Oh you know Jotaro won't do you anything, just go now!" Polnareff pushed you insistantly towards the elevators, to your great displeasure, but Abdul stopped him.

"It's okay, I'll do it. I did it before, it's not that bad, he's just not much of a morning person." He chuckled and Polnareff only shrugged in response.

"Okay, don't die, man."

“I got him out of jail, I think I can handle getting him out of bed.”

“What a pro...” Kakyoin commented quietly with admiration at Abdul’s radiating confidence.

And so, the man on a mission went on to accomplish his deed. But before he went, he did not miss on patting your back discreetly when slipping past you, the simple gesture alone bringing a red flush to your face.

The boys didn't see what happened but clearly noticed the blush on your face and your not-so-subtle dreamy eyes on the golden-toned man.

"Snap out of it, lovebird, he'll come back." Kakyoin teased you and Polnareff was keen on following his childish play and giggle obnoxiously.

"Ouuhh la laaa~ Our little Y/N is in looovee~"

"Oh shut up!"

[shangyangjunzhu]

So I have a question from my understand Legend if Ruyi and Yanxi Palace covers the same events but focuses on a different consort to spotlight as the heroine and they are enemies of each other. You seem to enjoy both shows per your blog how would you define the pros and cons of both shows?

okay my wonderful anon this is gonna be a very long post so brace yourself

legend of ruyi

legend of ruyi is an adaption of ruyi zhuan, a novel centered around a fictional retelling of the infamous empress of the nara clan, the only qing empress to not be given a posthumous title. the protagonist of the show is ula-nara qingying who later takes upon the name ruyi. 

my personal take: even after I am reborn, this show will forever remain top on my list; there are multiple reasons as to why this is the case primarily because it was one of my first historical dramas and second because it is one of those dramas where the writing is terrific and by all means, I am drawn to multiple characters apart from the protagonist and I feel their pain. even though legend of ruyi is at the end of the day a harem drama, it is more than fighting for favor and climbing atop the phoenix seat; it is the tale of a woman, even historically, who dared to follow her heart during a time period where it could ultimately destroy you. ruyi isn’t your typical protagonist who enters the harem in the sense that she was never really forced to enter the harem without her wanting it. she fell in love with a prince, who went on to become the emperor. she isn’t naive; she knows the harem is not a safe place and that people will plot against you all the time. she sees through such schemes and she battles against them too. however, she chooses to trust and love those closest to her, and that is her fatal failing. something about her character that wishes to be good and wants to be true to her values is very endearing to me.

pros:

- solid writing; it is hard to find such amazing writing in historical dramas these days as the industry is saturated with idol dramas

- the casting: zhou xun, oh god, where do I even start with her? she pulls at my heartstrings every time she appears on the screen. wallace huo, oh man he is so good. and almost every actor in the cast lives their role to their fullest.

- relative historical accuracy: okay the show has its fair share of historical inaccuracies I admit it, but there are so many historical details that may seem negligible at first glance but it shows the keen effort put into the making of the show.

- costumes and settings: I love all the pretty outfits and grand settings inside the forbidden city

- the ending (spoiler alert): okay it’s not a real spoiler but the ending is very much different from that of the novel which apparently zhou xun had a hand in, which makes the show like 10 times better

cons:

- it was marketed as a sequel to legend of zhen huan but the timelines of the shows intersect, and certain aspects of the stories change; it’s not a con per se but you know...

- the lighting: this is more of a personal gipher complaint but yeah the show’s tone is darker which aligns with the plot but you know it kind of bugs me...

(sorry anon, I am biased there aren’t any more cons in my opinion)

the story of yanxi palace:

the story of yanxi palace is also based on a novel of the same name, revolving around empress xiaoyichun, one of two han consorts to be conferred the title of empress posthumously of the qing dynasty. the protagonist’s name is wei yingluo, who goes from being a servant to imperial noble consort.

my personal take: for many reasons this show will remain in my all-time top 5 due to the story-telling of the show being atypical for harem dramas. for obvious reasons, harem dramas are grim and so is the story of yanxi palace to a certain extent, but the show does not give up on inducing humor once in a while to lighten up the mood. the writing itself (which has its fair share of loopholes) is pretty decent and the aesthetics are pretty amazing too. I love yingluo, for she lives her life according to her own set of rules and she kicks ass.

pros:

- casting: wu jinyan is amazing as yingluo and no one else can do it better; qin lan is magnetic and xu kai I thirst for but charmaine sheh is in this show, so like everyone, she uplifts the show to a whole other level

- costumes and aesthetics: unlike ruyi, the tone of this show is a lot lighter and beautiful pastel colors are present in the outfits and clothing, which are really pretty

- humor: the comedy in this show is top class; like I still laugh my ass off during every rewatch.

- chemistry: I love the chemistry wu jinyan shares with xu kai and nie yuan and they light up my screen

cons: 

- the maker: this is a yu zheng drama and anything that usually touches his hands is unwatchable and trust me I have watched too many of his shows for my impression of his to change and he is such a blatant and shameless plagiarizer (it’s actually hilarious to see how confident he is); though he did not write the show, which saved the show, my impression of the show is definitely impacted by him

- the historical inaccuracy: I can’t even side-eye the historical inaccuracies in this show because there are wayyyy too many. if I go on that tangent now this post is gonna be so much longer but the inaccuracies that make me go hmmm are the entrance of yingluo into qianlong’s harem (this one is kinda forgivable) and certain princes and princesses being deleted and no princess is ever shown.

- the writing: I do understand that the show is about yingluo, but you do not have to make the side characters who begin with potential into sources of comedy and ridicule so as to elevate yingluo.

- the last 10 episodes of the drama: there are pacing issues that make me less interested in the show but that’s negligible too.

yeah so that was basically my view on both dramas; they really are two of my favorite shows and i love them both!

(sorry for the length though hahaha)

[baguetteswag]

A Sorrowful Farewell at the Curtain Call | Chapter 1

RUI'S ROOM

Rui: Yes. I guess it's done.

(FuFu. If these small lights were available, we could do projection mapping anywhere. It's going to expand the range of our production even more than now)

(I wonder what kind of faces they will make when I show it to them tomorrow)

I really wish the sun would rise right now. (Then I can show this to everyone)

FuFu...

(Really, thanks to all of you, I was able to try out different kind of shows)

now on, I wonder if we can perform shows in this way together...

Nene: Yes, surely, if all of us chase their dreams, someday we might get separated for sure.

When I think about that at the time, I feel very lonely my chest becomes tight.

I'm sure about that, when everyone will start to I think that's when everyone will start taking steps towards their dreams..!

Emu: Nene-chan...

Tsukasa: ...

With all of you, together!

Nene: So until that time comes, I want to treasure the shows we can all do together now......!

Rui: … ‘Till that time comes, huh?

Yes, I know. Someday that time will come.

If that’s true, then I, too, should do what I can with all my capacities.

……Well, if I make dark circles under my eyes, they'll probably get mad at me, so I think it’s time to go to bed.

THE NEXT DAY

Tsukasa: Hmmm… soon… no, not yet….it’s about time though…

Emu: I’ve finished clearing over here!

Nene: Good job, both of you.

Emu: ..... Huh? What are you nervously doing over there, Tsukasa-kun?

Rui: That’s true, isn’t it? A moment ago you were calm and yet…

……Oh. Maybe it's because Emu-chan's older brothers might be coming soon, aren’t they?

Nene: Oh, I see. You know, they inform us about our advertising performances' whereabouts on our days off.

Emu: Yeah!! I’m looking forward to seeing where the show is going to be performed next…

Tsukasa: Hmmm, if they’re coming, they’re probably coming soon.

However... if that’s the case, it should already be time for them to be here...

Keisuke: Good Morning. You look energetic today.

Tsukasa: Oh! I’ve been waiting for you!

*he runs towards Emu’s brothers*

Sousuke: Whoa! What's going on? He suddenly started running…

Tsukasa: We couldn't wait to hear about our next publicity performance! Our show at the Shibuya Festival was a great success. We want to make it even more exciting next time!

Shousuke: Oh, is that so? Hmm……

Emu: Oh? What's wrong, brother Shousuke?

Shousuke: Uh, I mean … Hey brother, shouldn't you say that first?

Keisuke: Yes, it sounds good. That's a better procedure to explain it.

Rui: What the hell is going on?

Keisuke: Actually…

It's been decided that the next publicity show will be the final one.

Tsukasa: …………………….oh.

WHAT ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! ? !

What do you mean? How did that happen all of a sudden!

Emu: That's right, big bro! Everyone who watched the show was soooo happy Why, why!

Rui: May I ask for more details?

Keisuke: Yes, of course.

Firstly, the end of these performances are not meant to be negative.

The reason we were doing publicity shows in the first place was to attract people from rural parts of the country, who don't often come to our place, and make them watch our shows.

Nene: You said it once that because of the location, customers from around here often come, but not so many from the countryside…

Shousuke: That's what we were trying to do. We were aiming to increase the number of visitors from rural areas… that’s why.

The target was achieved sooner than expected. Well, the performances have helped us a lot to increase the number of local visitors.

Emu: So... thanks to our shows we got a lot of publicity!? Yay!

Tsukasa: I see, so it's over because we've reached our goal!

but …

If it worked, shouldn't we keep going?

Shousuke: Well, yeah. But, you know, more than you might think, the visitors of Phoenix Wonderland want to see your shows, guys.

Rui: I see... so that's how it is.

More and more people are coming to see our shows, but, if we go out for publicity performances, we'd be letting them down…

Keisuke: Yeah, that's right. I want you guys to put on more shows here at the Wonder Stage.

That's an advantage for both the visitors and us.

Nene: Is that so? then, if you believe the audience wants this, well…

Tsukasa: Yes, I do appreciate that. However-

It's a shame that ... is ending, as I learned a lot from the publicity performances.

Emu: Yes... Nene-chan, Rui-kun and Tsukasa-kun were all smiling, and I was also able to learn a lot...

But I'm happy that we're getting a lot of local visitors too!

Nene: Hmm, I agree.

Rui: Yeah. It's worth every creative publicity show we hold.

Tsukasa: ...That's right! From now on, we'll make the show even better for the guests who come to the Wonder Stage!

For this reason, first of all, let's finish the last publicity performance with a bang! !

Emu: ohh~!! Guys, let's do our best!

Keisuke: So, about that last promotional performance, I have a suggestion.

Nene: A suggestion?

Keisuke: Ah. Sorry for the suddenness of this, but …

Would you like to do a show with the cast of “Arkland”?

Emu: Mh? “ARKLAND” is….?

Tsukasa: uhh, that "TOKYO ARKLAND”!?

Nene: Eh? Don't tell me it's that ARKLAND... the one that puts on some of the world's best shows!

Keisuke: Yes, that's right. ARKLAND, which runs theme parks in 10 countries around the world and, like Riley Dream Park, is based around a variety of films.

Rui: ... That's a very interesting suggestion, but why did you bring it up?

Keisuke: A little while ago, ARKLAND made us an offer. In order to raise the level of the show cast. Why don't we have a kind of cultural exchange with other performers?

Nene: Cultural exchange?

Shousuke: Well, at first I wondered what the intention was. Arkland is Riley Dream Park's biggest rival, and I thought they were trying to put a nail in the coffin while we were in partnership but…

Keisuke: When we spoke to them, they seemed genuinely interested in the exchange as a way of raising the level of the show's cast.

Nene: Heh...but they're already popular enough.

Tsukasa: Don't be complacent just because they are some champions, and have a humble attitude and eager to learn…. That's what we are getting.

Keisuke: That's why we'd like the talented and popular Phoenix Stage and Wonder Stage cast to participate.

Shousuke: I think that it would be a good idea to have Seiryuin and the others take care of ARKLAND inspection and the exchange, and you guys do a collaborative performance with the younger members who are coming over here… What do you think?

Rui: …

(Arkland is a themepark with one of the best stages in the whole country)

(In recent years, I heard that they have been taking on new challenges, such as launching a new show unit with young, talented actors and inviting international directors)

(There will be so much to learn from the actors there, and it's going to benefit everyone's development)

(And...I myself am very interested)

Me, I would love to do it with you. How about you guys?

Emu: I agree! If a lot of people come, it's going to be a much more exciting show!

Nene: I'd be nervous if too many people come... But it's actually true that it's a good way to learn... Well, I guess it's ok....

Tsukasa: Mmh-mmh!

I have no objection! We love the show, we love each other, and when we are all together we can learn from each other!

Keisuke: Well, good. I'll let them know that.

Shousuke: We're sorry that there are so many things to do all of a sudden, but... Good luck with your last publicity performance!

Emu: Yeah!

Nene: …Anyway, how many people will actually come? It's a bit scary if a bunch of people come…

Tsukasa: As a future star would say: get it off your chest, dong!

Emu: That's right, Nene-chan! Ding dong dang

Nene: How… proud are you of that?

Rui: Oh, by the way, where will the important publicity performance take place?

Keisuke: It's in front of the new 'Museum of the Near Future'. I'll give you a brochure too.

Tsukasa: The upcoming exhibition will also be great publicity for the museum We have to be on top of it!

Emu: woah..! That's a shiny, cool building!

Keisuke: The museum is said to introduce the world's latest technology under the theme of “The Near Future”. They plan to use the square in front of the museum as a stage.

Rui: The near future…?

FuFu, I can imagine a lot of different things.

However it turns out, now, let's put on another great show together.

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Impressions from TTM

Spoilers, spoilers everywhere. Just a big bulleted list of thoughts as I read through the graphic novel. Not a lot of detail included, so it’ll make a lot more sense if you’ve already read it yourself!

looks like Moonshadow elves cross the arms of the dead... when they have a body to bury

it’s nice to see that Rayla imagines Runaan with all his shirts, the way she last saw him

kinda looks like Rayla changed into her jammies right on her bed and dumped her clothes on that little table. maybe she’s afraid of letting the few things she actually possesses out of her sight

listen we get one little panel of Opeli in here and it’s great

Soren’s cape smacking Callum in the face, 10/10

Lujanne’s appearance out of nowhere, along with Allen’s is just adorable, she’s so sparkly. And also she can apparently just turn totally invisible with an illusion spell? Even at a new moon? Probably because of the Nexus I guess

Lujanne’s “Big strong man with big strong feelings.” She and Runaan have exactly the same type and I support them

Allen’s face when Lujanne says it aches to miss Phoe-Phoe

Callum eating off Rayla’s plate and wondering how Lujanne suspected they were a couple, hmmm

Soren and Allen bonding

Rayla warning Lujanne about hand disguises, as if that was something Runaan made very sure she knew

Rayla’s cute chaos grin when Callum’s Aspiro spell goes off is my favorite pic of her in this whole graphic novel

Lujanne’s “Oh.” afterward is my fave pic of her, too, she does not seem to handle reality well!

Bait’s tongue will never get old

Lujanne’s whole speech during Phoe-Phoe’s rebirth ritual is so touching and beautiful, my heart

Lujanne putting the newborn Moon Phoenix into Ezran’s hands, like she knows he’ll have the best connection with her

Callum’s tears as he reminds Rayla that Runaan killed Harrow, he’s trying to move on, but it hurts

Rayla’s self-soothing behavior when she has her second nightmare in the book--she must have these most every night :((((

the big symbol on the Moon Temple doors looks like a stylized Moon staff, like it’s a building for mages

Lujanne saying Rayla might not want or need the truth right after Callum mentions Runaan’s name to her, he sassily asks about her husbands and she turns it into a compliment

Callum’s big reaction to the moon opals is adorable. The only other one he’s seen was part of a pair of treasured gifts between long-time spouses, so it kinda looks like he’s all “uhh we just started dating”

also Ethari must’ve made cute metal swirly covers for the pair he and Runaan wore, since these two are undecorated--maybe he got his from Lujanne?

listen Lujanne is a hoot and all but she’s both an ally and an antagonist. Her actions are trustworthy but her advice is generally terrible. It’s an interesting parallel to how Runaan says a lot with his actions too, but he talks a lot less than Lujanne

Rayla yeeting herself into a fight just to ask Soren for a talk is 10/10 Moonshadow assassin goals

but her hood is up when she’s lurking in the trees--she might not have known where she’d find Soren and was anticipating something less fun on the feels-o-meter

Rayla in the mud again. Soren keeps making people fall in the mud

Allen’s grumpy squiggle

Callum, I love you, but you have no respect for moon opals. It’s like they wronged you in a previous life or something

that dancing elf has very long hair and shoulder pauldrons, and they start off dancing with six kneeling, watching, hooded elves around them--Moon Druids wore hoods even before they were assassins. Considering what Lujanne said about why the portal was sometimes opened, maybe those six kneeling elves are waiting under their emotion-hiding hoods to farewell a loved one who’s recently died?

can’t tell for sure but maybe the elf is dancing along the lines in the stone like they mark patterns for ritual dances, which would be the bomb

Soren and Rayla’s conversation is pretty wrenching. Seeing Soren have to struggle with what he did because it’s tangled up with Viren is rough because as a Crownguard it should just have been his duty to defend his king and he’d have nothing to feel weird about

Rayla dissociating herself from the term “assassins” and Soren dissociating from calling Viren “my father” in the same conversation is 10/10 excellent growth

Soren must know what happens to prisoners his dad gets a hold of, even if he doesn’t know the details :(((

“we captured him” and “Viren took him” seem to be talking about the Crownguard and Viren, not the brodigies and Viren

Rayla having a wooden sword at the end of the day bc she played swordfighting with Allen and Soren all day long

the panel where Rayla doesn’t say anything at all after telling Callum that she asked Soren about Runaan actually says so much, you can hear it

every time Lujanne’s white lies idea gets repeated, things get worse

Allen’s reading glasses, there must be one optician in the human village and he caters to soft kindly gentlemen of a certain age

in the moon phase montage, baby Phoe-Phoe is flying next to Ezran after one week at the Nexus. Maybe he’s paying her back by helping her learn to fly after she helped him teach Zym how to fly! Did they bond as tightly as Ezran did with Zym? I support Ezran just bonding with the most powerful flying creatures in all the land.

the irony of Callum using Lujanne’s tactics against her is amazing, but really the white lies thing is a giant ball of chaos in this story and it does not play favorites

Bait on the stone pillar during rebuilding

all the noises the Moonhenge makes are 10/10

Rayla dancing with Callum even though there’s almost no chance she’s ever done that dance before

Lujanne’s pupils going white, that is a cool effect, what’s it mean?

the black moon in the pink sky is so spooky! Is it just me or does the color scheme here kinda vibe like the space outside Aaravos’s library?

the smoky assassin squad, 10/10 creep factor, I love it

the lightning being a literal crack of doom with “CRAK-DOOM” as Katolis Castle appears, “echoes of thunder” indeed, very nice

Lujanne being mad but she can’t decide if it’s at Callum or herself

when she says pulling Rayla out now will leave her soul on one side and her body a husk. After the Insta live stream last night where we learned that soulfang serpents are Moon primal creatures, that’s... super interesting

smoky assassins go tssh in the rain like they’re still hot from being cremated, thanks I hate it

Andromeda finds Rayla first and seems closest/most aggressive so I wonder why she might hate Rayla more than the others

the assassins’ wrist bindings have gone red but they’re still attached and seem to trap the souls where they are. But all they need to be free is to perceive that Rayla completed their task, even though we know otherwise. So... would that work for killing any target? If you’re certain that you did it, does your binding fall off even if you’re wrong? eyes Pip

this must not be the actual afterlife since the spirits kind of mist up toward the moon and vanish, it’s more like a lobby, no one stays here unless they get stuck

portaling around just by shouting at villains, excellent

Rayla literally dropping a sword at the sight of the pod Viren’s in, yeah, it’s that creepy, I agree

Viren’s eyes are so black I think they’re Aaravos’s. I got a whole headcanon on Good Viren and Evil Viren for S4 now, wow

Phoe-Phoe pulling out a feather for Callum, awww my heart! This is why Ezran had to come, to bond with her so together they could save Callum and Rayla, it’s so sweet

so these humans are from the Storm Spire battle, bc that’s the Storm Spire behind Rayla and Callum on p108, with the rune-written arch. Did they die hating Rayla and Callum from the battle? Did they even know Rayla was up there? Or is pod Viren/Aaravos actually making them attack out of hatred for Viren’s death? One of these is definitely creepier and more awesome

Rayla’s confidence that Callum can and will boost her at the right moment with his magic, my heart, I love battle couples

that one panel that mirrors the Ghost Feather key art, hhhhhh

Rayla being the better swimmer, such precious irony, thanks Runaan

them holding hands and swimming upward together on the full-page panel is blessed

Lujanne pulling Rayla out of the lake with both arms gives me feels bc my grandma saved my life once

Lujanne being super soft over Rayllum, she is indeed a hopeless romantic

Rayla says “gone” about her parents and Runaan, and that’s the word Ethari used too, and I’m suddenly wondering if Ethari reached right into that pool and has always known that the lotus is half-submerged and if the sword he’s been making is for himself

I’m so glad Rayla told Callum what she saw of Viren

Rayla deceiving Callum and heading into danger alone because his life is more valuable to her than her own is exactly what Runaan did for her the night of the full moon in Katolis. I’m leaning toward her having thought this over and doing it on purpose bc she believes it’s a sign of deepest love--that Runaan’s actions and Lujanne’s words match up in her head, so she thinks it’s the right thing to do bc the mage and the assassin agree. Alas, Callum doesn’t understand the Moon arcanum yet, so he will have a different opinion. That mage and that assassin do not agree!

Rayla’s cloak has that Moon Temple symbol on its back. Is it Lujanne’s cloak? Any Moonshadow who sees it will probably know where she got it and who helped her. That could be fun!

[fizzingwizard]

Alright and now for episode 23! Which was a lot more interesting. Still lacking in pertinent ways but at least it got some stuff moving, and there were a few small but very nice character moments.

I took a LOT of Taichi spam this week you guys. The animation was slightly better than normal and my boy was just so good.

At parkour. He’s good at parkour.

More below!

We pick up where we left off last week, with Devimon arriving in his true form and picking a fight over Poyomon. He’s so threatened by a wad of jelly.

He does seem a bit weird though. More on that later.

The quintessential Taichi picture.

And just a cute one.

So okay, Devimon makes mincemeat of MetalGreymon and WereGarurumon. Like he wipes the floor with them. Even though they should be a level above him. I was like what’s going on. Clearly dark powers are giving him extra strength, but this still seemed like too much...

Yamato yells for Takeru to go hide. Taichi then yells for Yamato to go hide xD However Devimon has no trouble destroying all their possible hiding spots and attacking them.

Takeru worries about his brother :’<

Taichi quickly tries to think of a strategy but yup “Hide” is all he can come up with.

They communicate via digivice and Yamato has something of a better strategy but... it still just amounts to hiding.

Meanwhile their partners continue to get their butts kicked.

MetalGreymon: Hey watch it I just got this painted!

WereGaurumon: My nails! I just had them done!

Taichi: Would you two stop fussing, you’re so vain!

Taichi: We’ve got more important things to worry about! Like my hair!

Meanwhile in the real world... the four are together and Koushirou updates Jou and Mimi on the situation, which boils down to Not Good. The tank ships are still on a collision course. On top of that, Koushirou notices that the data being absorbed by Calmaramon’s... idk what to call it, data collection tower? thing, is being sent directly to the digital world. He guesses it’s going to be used to power the creature whose name I forgot they fought before.

This guy.

Koushirou also guesses this probably means Taichi and Yamato are in some deep shit rn.

Taichi is pretty smart too... he’s able to tell that Devimon is able to manipulate the dark mists and that’s how he’s able to find their hiding spots and attack them so easily.

Here’s the evil crystal that I would have thought was from Sailor Moon. Ahhh evil is so beautiful. And purple. Hmmm, the Crest of Knowledge is also purple, and absorption of data is converted to power.... GUYS KOUSHIROU’S GOING TO GO DARK.

Kidding, kidding. I would totally watch it though.

So the others go to fight Calmaramon and destroy the tower to help Taichi and Yamato. But, uh, they didn’t count on Calamaramon’s tentaclesx ;D

Kabuterimon makes the classic amateur mistake of DRAMATICALLY ANNOUNCING HIMSELF when he swerves in to rescue the girls...

... and he gets his just desserts. :P

Meanwhile Taichi and Yamato... are still losing. So who steps up to the plate but...

Takeru and Poyomon! Lol!

No seriously, this scene SCREAMED of the one in 99 where Hikari sacrifices herself to protect Yamato and Sora. I was really expecting Takeru to do the same thing here. “Leave my brother alone! Take me instead!”

But, I guess, since he’s a boy, he’s less self-sacrificial and more just... irrationally strong...

His conviction results in evolution!

Poyomon becomes Tokomon! THANK GOODNESS. I could not handle another “poyo, poyo!”

Devimon takes one look at this pink-cheeked thing and FREEEEEEAKS OUUUUUT.

“You remind me... of someone I once knew... you have... the same eyes... GRRRRRRRRR!!!!”

he didn’t say that but he totally should have lol. Now someone please make an edit of Angemon where he takes off his helmet and he has Tokomon eyes underneath x’D

Data readings on Koushirou’s computer start going haywire! The data is being sent somewhere fast!

I was expecting some kind of power up but I wasn’t expecting full on evolution. Because yup. That’s what goes down. Devimon evolves.

And here’s where he gets weird. His evolution seems painful. Unnatural. He doesn’t seem exactly pleased with it, to be frank. He’s really agitated by Tokomon but he doesn’t do much in the way of monologuing and it’s not even clear that the evolution is by his own design. It just kind of seems to happen. Then, once he does evolve, he’s much less talkative. This is generally not the sign of sanity or even sentience. It’s like Devimon is imprisoned by his evolution, which goes on a rampage.

Neodevimon. Actually, original Devimon is scarier but :P

Lol and then Tokomon gets blown out of Takeru’s arms and goes for a tumble while Takeru runs frantically after him xD Great moment.

Rollin rollin rollin, though the streams are swollen...

NeoDevimon is very powerful but y’know... WereGarurumon just STOOD there. This... this is totally his fault that he gets hurt here x’D

Taichi is displeased with this development, and yet, still cute in his displeasure.

Finally Koushirou manages to get through! Taichi is too preoccupied to jump for joy or anything but you can see that he’s excited. “Koushirouuuuu please save us!!!” basically that’s what’s going on

However he’s right away blown over and his digivice scatters and the signal drops...

Yamato is very Stressed.

However, contact with Koushirou has rejuvenated Taichi.

LIKE THE PHOENIX HE RISES FROM THE ASHES

Taichi: “FUCK THIS SHIIIIIIIIIT!”

His renewed conviction becomes power. Yeah, that’s a thing, we know.

Meanwhile, in the human world, the others have worked out that Taichi and Yamato are fighting and need help, and they combine the powers of their own passionate hearts in a classic shonen anime trope.

Koushirou gets a special moment all to himself! It’s really fast but still, the episode makes a point of focusing on Koushirou’s desire to connect with his friends and help them. I choose to believe this a nod to Koushirou’s significant role in the show and a way of saying “Sorry they’re not all together right now but they will be soon and characters other than Taichi and Yamato will get to do cool things in the not so distant future!”

Their partners are then able to defeat Calmaramon and destroy the data collection tower.

BOOM, baby.

Meanwhile our heroes who never sleep manage to defeat Devimon. Which, I figured, meant he’d retreat for now, but...

He freaking dies! Yup, that’s right! Disintegrates!! I was like what the heck?? This was a Boss Battle???? It had none of the signs of being a boss battle other than the boss being present and it wasn’t even that hard...

However, it’s not over till it’s over...

... Tokomon looks on NeoDevimon’s death kind of creepily. Like, the episode makes a point of showing us Tokomon’s reaction, not just the group’s. So... I feel like this is gonna be relevant. I COULD BE WRONG. But I just personally wouldn’t stick this bit in without it meaning something. But that something could be pretty much anything so we still don’t know much.

The sailors aboard the tankers whose control systems are restored at the last second are pretty darn relieved anyway.

This was my favorite moment in epiosde, Mimi flinging herself over Koushirou and knocking Jou out of the way to hug Sora in her enthusiasm over their victory xD awww Mimi

Yamato wants to know what’s with Taichi. Taichi’s like, “The others helped us from afar, I just know it...” AND THAT’S WHY HE’S BEST BOY.

Yamato gives Takeru an adorable pat on the head and tells him good job. Only thing that could have made this moment cuter would have been if he also patted Tokomon’s head. BECAUSE HELLO. KID JUST EVOLVED. SAY HI AND TELL HIM YOUR NAMES AT LEAST.

But then! Darknightmon uses the dark crystal thingy and...!

Le gasp! NeoDevimon’s corpse emerges from the ground...

Taichi has a flashback to another time they thought they won only for their defeated opponent to be infused with dark energy and resurrect...

... uh I forgot this guy’s name too >_>

Taichi: “Wow I never saw this coming!”

Well, I did. :P Due to being over ten years old...

We end with NeoDevimon’s mask cracking off!

Creepy!

Final thoughts... it now kind of looks like Darknightmon is the one pulling Devimon’s strings rather than the other way around. But my guess is that’s not the case. It could also be that Devimon told Darknightmon to do this - after all, Devimon used the stone’s power to evolve Darknightmon before, and this is just the reverse of that. Or it could be they are equals and in cahoots with each other. I definitely think there’s an even greater, bigger Bad out there that they either work for or are afraid of etc something like that, I think we probably all feel sure of that at least. But Devimon in this episode really surprised me in the ways he seems to lack agency. He seemed like a pawn of evil rather than the chessmaster himself.

So next week! Looks lit!

Devimon’s new evolution? or power up? whatever is creepier than NeoDevimon so that’s a relief.

BUT THIS IS EVEN CREEPIER HOLY CRAP TAICHI! Get some sleep, your eyes are all red! (And he’s injured. His hand is where he got hurt two weeks ago fighting Splashmon right? He got hit with miasma. I wonder if this is the same wound and if it’s somehow controlling him due to the dark energy getting into his system... But everyone’s more or less been hit with the dark energy at this point so maybe not. Anyway, CREEPY EYES, CREEPY CREEPY EYES.)

Also Yamato DIES. He DIES y’all. *funeral march plays* Hmm, Tokomon looks hungry...

Then we got this bit which in case you can’t tell is Takeru being awesome. So I figured, ahh, THIS is the boss battle, and we’re gonna see Angemon again already... weird as that sounds :P

HOW-E-VER

We also get this???? Taichi silhouetted against a brilliant light????? What does it mean? I mean we know Takeru has healing powers so I’m fully expecting that to happen but uhh are we also going to canonize Taichi next week? lol. Saint Taichi. I love him the best but I will be a bit miffed if next week IS the big boss battle and Takeru’s role is “power up Taichi so he can kill it” and that’s it... But I guess we’ll have to see.

It does rather look like they saved the animation budget for next week, the preview was nuts x’D Can’t wait.

[mychemicalficrecs]

Do you have any fics that are similar to The Science Of Sleep by chimneythunder or James Cameron Got It Wrong by Ladyfoxx? Those have similar concepts imo and if you could find any more that would be amazing, thanks!!

Hmmm I had to do a bit of searching but I found a couple things for you!

MCR X Danger Days Crossover

The Science of Sleep by chimneythunder, Frank/Gerard, 93k, Teen And Up Audiences. It’s 2011 and Frank Iero’s life is pretty average until the night where he starts getting dreams about a strange, apocalyptic California where there’s rayguns, grey corporations and terrorists who use art and colour as a weapon. Interesting and fun at first, but the more he dreams about this world, the more he starts to wonder if it really is a dream... and the deeper he gets into this futuristic world, the more it seems to affect his life in the present day. And just how exactly does everything all seem to link in with that douchebag black-haired artist who sits in Starbucks every day?

James Cameron Got It Wrong by ladyfoxxx, Frank/Fun Ghoul/Party Poison, 57k [part of a series], Explicit. In which 2005!Frank and Fun Ghoul get it on. Then Frank accidentally winds up in 2019.

Abridged For Your Convenience by corvidConstellation, Frank/Gerard [+ platonic ones], 73k, Teen And Up. Mikey's a time traveler (long story) who recently returned from the apocalypse (longer story) to stop a mega-corporation with the help of his brothers before the world ends in either 2008 or 2031 depending on your definition of "end of the world" (very, very long story). (AKA: A Convoluted Integration of MCR's Albums, Music Videos, and Comics into The Umbrella Academy)

Phoenix by DangerDuchess, Xygenscenic, Patrick/Pete, Frank/Gerard, Ray/Mikey, 98k, Explicit. The Young Bloods have the chance to change the future, prevent the apocalypse of sound, the end of creativity, the death of individualism. They have the power to stop Courtney Love and everything for which she stands. The problem is, they might not survive long enough to do that. It's going to take more than a couple of sweaty, hook-handed rock and rollers to save the world. Their aide will come in the form of four brightly-colored, sugar-buzzed, delinquent teens from California 2019. Together, they battle the overwhelming forces of BL/ind to return and prevent the proverbial "shit hits the fan" situation that's stirring between Courtney Love's goons and the world of rock and roll.

Untitled Killjoys-Meet-MCR Fic by Go0se, Kobra Kid/Party Poison, 5k [WIP], Teen And Up. Here’s a thing: names have meaning. Snakes have poison and poison belongs with snakes, there’s no use trying to separate them or make them rebel against each other. If one of them is taken, the other will follow, and bring them back. Always. No matter what. (WIP Amnesty. One day I was like "What if married!Kobra and Poison met MCR? And then have Girl in there too because she's cool?", wrote some of it, and then completely stalled out.)

Transcript: Dr Death Defying Archive Tape N° 09, Dated August 22, 2019 by ace_writez, Gen, 2k, Not Rated. "Now, in my years working with the Fabulous Killjoys - and by working, I mean having these four cowards runnin’ to me with their tails between their legs whenever there was a problem - I’ve encountered a lot of wacky stuff. No zonerunner is stranger to any wacky stuff. But this story I'm about to document for whoever cares to listen is one of the wackiest. So get somewhere comfy and lend an ear, children." What happened when 2019 My Chemical Romance met 2019 Killjoys, a story badly told by our friends Party, Ghoul, Jet, and Kobra